Latest AI and machine learning research in public health & policy for healthcare professionals.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Timely radiology access is essential for accurate diagnosis, treatment planning, and efficient care delivery. U.S. academic health centers face distinctive pressures, including workforce shortages, complex workflows, health inequities, and the need to balance trainee education with increasing clinical demand. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This article summarizes consensus conclu...
BACKGROUND: Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a neglected tropical disease and a major public health crisis in Africa. We integrated a maximum difference experimental design and machine learning (ML) models to predict challenges and opportunities for improving SBE management in Ghana. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 137 healthcare workers, identified through multistage sampling, from Augu...
BACKGROUND: Intracranial metastatic disease is a severe complication of cancer that confers substantial morbidity and mortality. Patients with breast ...
INTRODUCTION: Risk adjustment is critical in observational epidemiology to control for confounding of the exposure-outcome relationship. Accurate pred...
The short metabolic half-life of conventional tobacco biomarkers often limits their ability to reflect cumulative toxicological damage, which may comp...
The aeromedical certification of commercial airline pilots relies on periodic, self-disclosure-dependent assessments. However, this reactive model lac...
BACKGROUND: Pneumoconioses remain an important occupational health issue, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The International Labour O...
In patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), frailty is a significant problem due to its association with morbidity and mortality, procedural risk, ...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility and performance of a large language model (LLM)-based artificial intelligence (AI) agent, implemented within a...
Plasmids are extrachromosomal mobile genetic elements whose copy numbers (PCNs) critically influence microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance and pa...
Bioinformatics has transformed modern virology by linking genomic variation to epidemiology, protein structure, and public health action. This review ...
Veterinary clinical biosecurity is key to preventing infectious diseases in animal clinics, particularly when there is high patient turnover, a mix of...
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance can be time consuming and resource intensive. This study investigates the potential of generati...
Gastroenterology offers a broad, evidence-based range of preventive measures that goes beyond colorectal cancer screening. As a specialty of systemic ...
BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene is a fundamental measure for preventing healthcare-associated infections, yet traditional monitoring methods are significantl...
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) integrates clinical expertise, patient values, and best available research evidence, yet classical trial-based approache...
Premature infants are at higher risk of long-term clinical and developmental sequelae compared to their term counterparts. Specialized, multidisciplin...
Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common and serious complication in elderly hip fracture patients, including those undergoing surgery for femoral nec...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated a strong technical potential to enhance public health surveillance, but routine implementation remains l...
OBJECTIVES: To characterize stepping in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults by age, sex, and race and ethnicity. METHODS: Step counts ar...