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AI and Digital Tools in Dermatology: Addressing Access and Misinformation.

Digital dermatology, which is defined as the use of digital technologies that leverage individual- and population-level skin data to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of skin diseases, has emerged as a critical frontier for bridging persistent gaps in dermatologic care. This transformation holds particular promise for addressing long-standing inequities linked to geography, income, ...

Feb 20 2026 41719483

Co-Designed Mental Health Screening App (Here for You) for University Students: Pilot Feasibility Mixed Methods Study.

BACKGROUND: Mental health disorders are a growing public health concern among university students globally and in India, exacerbated by stigma and limited access to care. Mobile health (mHealth) apps offer a potential solution, but user engagement and cultural relevance remain key challenges. This pilot study evaluated Here for You, a mental health screening app co-designed with Indian university ...

Feb 20 2026 41719540
Ensemble Machine Learning Models for Predicting Patients With High Usage: Model Validation and Economic Impact Analysis.

BACKGROUND: Machine learning models are increasingly used to predict patients at risk of high health care usage for targeted interventions. OBJECTIVE:...

Feb 20 2026 41719547
A hybrid blockchain based deep learning model for multivector attack detection in internet of things enabled healthcare systems.

Novel advances in healthcare-related Internet of Things (IoT) systems have recently had significant impacts on clinical decision-support systems (CDSS...

Feb 20 2026 41721001
Transforming Biospecimen Management: A Roadmap for Integrated Sample Traceability in the Era of Global Research.

INTRODUCTION: Advancements in biomedical research depend on the quality and availability of biological samples. Despite their sophisticated storage ca...

Feb 19 2026 40793957
Scale-Dependent Heterogeneity Drives Microbial Insurance in Phyllosphere Algal-Bacterial Networks during Lake Eutrophication.

The algal-bacterial symbiotic communities within the submerged macrophyte phyllosphere exhibit significant potential for lake restoration. However, th...

Feb 19 2026 41711319
Healthcare applications of 0-1 neural networks in prescriptive problems with observational data.

A key challenge in medical decision making is learning treatment policies for patients with limited observational data. This challenge is particularly...

Feb 19 2026 41712078
Enhancing LGBTQ+ Inclusivity in an AI-Powered Sexual Health Chatbot: User-Centered Design Approach Through a Nonprofit and Academic Partnership.

BACKGROUND: Despite the growing use of digital platforms for sexual health education, many tools fail to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisex...

Feb 19 2026 41712769
Smart Kiosk for Nutritional Management of People With Diabetes in Underserved Communities: Development and Technical Evaluation.

BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a chronic disease with a high global prevalence, increasing from 200 million people in 1990 to 830 million in 2022, with a hig...

Feb 19 2026 41712775
Prompt-to-policy: Leveraging large language models to guide deep reinforcement learning in public health emergencies.

Rapid and effective decision-making is critical in public health emergencies, where resource allocation must balance multiple objectives under uncerta...

Feb 18 2026 41734496
Adoption of AI-Based Scribes in Telemedicine: Provider Attitudes and Insights.

BACKGROUND: Technological advancements and legislation have led to the widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) in the 21st century. Along w...

Feb 18 2026 41706444
Developing a Service Quality Index System for AI Health Care Chatbots: Mixed Methods Study.

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) health care chatbots are gaining widespread adoption worldwide. It is imperative to understand the service qu...

Feb 18 2026 41707180
Artificial intelligence translation in healthcare: an urgent call for evidence-informed policy frameworks.

The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) translation tools in healthcare is accelerating rapidly, yet regulatory frameworks lag dangerously behi...

Feb 18 2026 41708159
Benchmarking large language model-based agent systems for clinical decision tasks.

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems, designed to autonomously reason, plan, and invoke tools, have shown promise in healthcare, yet systemati...

Feb 18 2026 41708802
Primary Care Physician Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence for Dementia Screening: A Qualitative Study.

BACKGROUND: Automated approaches to cognitive impairment screening may soon achieve sufficient levels of accuracy for clinical implementation but they...

Feb 17 2026 41700962
Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: Transformative Potential, Current Applications, and Future Implications.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly influencing medical education by enabling adaptive learning, AI-assisted assessment, and scalable instruc...

Feb 17 2026 41701936
Secure electronic health record access control via blockchain, dual-attribute encryption, and large language model-based attribute extraction.

Access control and data privacy are two of the main necessities in managing electronic health records (EHRs) across distributed domain. There are priv...

Feb 17 2026 41703161
Large Language Model for Postoperative Clinical Decision Support in a Neurosurgery Ward in the Gambia: A Prospective Pilot Feasibility Study.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Access to specialty surgical care is growing in many low-income countries, but it remains unclear how hospital workforces c...

Feb 16 2026 41697048
Health economic simulation modeling of an AI-enabled clinical decision support system for coronary revascularization.

While artificial intelligence (AI) models have been developed to support coronary revascularization decision-making, health economic evaluation of suc...

Feb 16 2026 41699068
Artificial intelligence to support ultrasound in the detection of developmental dysplasia of the hip : a scoping review.

AIMS: Ultrasound is a highly sensitive method to detect developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). However, the cost of expert sonographers performing ...

Feb 16 2026 41692026
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