Public Health & Policy

Latest AI and machine learning research in public health & policy for healthcare professionals.

8,532 articles

Real-time neural network based predictor for cov19 virus spread.

Since the epidemic outbreak in early months of 2020 the spread of COVID-19 has grown rapidly in most...

Dec 2020 33332363

Exploring optimal control of epidemic spread using reinforcement learning.

Pandemic defines the global outbreak of a disease having a high transmission rate. The impact of a p...

Dec 2020 33328551

Development of a Self-Harm Monitoring System for Victoria.

The prevention of suicide and suicide-related behaviour are key policy priorities in Australia and i...

Dec 2020 33333970

Applying Artificial Intelligence Methods for the Estimation of Disease Incidence: The Utility of Language Models.

AI-driven digital health tools often rely on estimates of disease incidence or prevalence, but obta...

Dec 2020 34713043

Identifying Twitter users who repost unreliable news sources with linguistic information.

Social media has become a popular source for online news consumption with millions of users worldwid...

Dec 2020 33816975

Weight-bearing CT in foot and ankle pathology.

Cone-beam scanners (CBCT) enable CT to be performed under weight-bearing - notably for the foot and ...

Dec 2020 33321232

Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of pediatric allergic diseases.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of data science pertaining to advanced computing machines ca...

Dec 2020 33220121

Impact of Supplementation with Omega-3 in the Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy Following Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Anti-oxidants were investigated in several studies as a preventive strategy for preventi...

Dec 2020 33815717

De-Identification of Facial Features in Magnetic Resonance Images: Software Development Using Deep Learning Technology.

BACKGROUND: High-resolution medical images that include facial regions can be used to recognize the ...

Dec 2020 33208302

Vital signs assessed in initial clinical encounters predict COVID-19 mortality in an NYC hospital system.

Timely and effective clinical decision-making for COVID-19 requires rapid identification of risk fac...

Dec 2020 33298991

Accurate spatiotemporal mapping of drug overdose deaths by machine learning of drug-related web-searches.

Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk for overdose death (ODD), infections with HIV,...

Dec 2020 33284864

A Novel Intelligent Computational Approach to Model Epidemiological Trends and Assess the Impact of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for COVID-19.

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a worldwide crisis in public healt...

Dec 2020 32997638

M Lung-Sys: A Deep Learning System for Multi-Class Lung Pneumonia Screening From CT Imaging.

To counter the outbreak of COVID-19, the accurate diagnosis of suspected cases plays a crucial role ...

Dec 2020 33048773

A Deep Learning Prognosis Model Help Alert for COVID-19 Patients at High-Risk of Death: A Multi-Center Study.

Since its outbreak in December 2019, the persistent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a global h...

Dec 2020 33108303

How to Determine the Early Warning Threshold Value of Meteorological Factors on Influenza through Big Data Analysis and Machine Learning.

Infectious diseases are a major health challenge for the worldwide population. Since their rapid spr...

Dec 2020 33343686

Artificial intelligence and multi agent based distributed ledger system for better privacy and security of electronic healthcare records.

BACKGROUND: Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the use of agent-based systems in the he...

Nov 2020 33816973

"Fast deep learning computer-aided diagnosis of COVID-19 based on digital chest x-ray images".

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel harmful respiratory disease that has rapidly spread w...

Nov 2020 34764573

Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and wastewater treatment plants in Mexico.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 is spread in sewage by the stool of infected individuals, and ...

Nov 2020 35592727

Identification and validation of 174 COVID-19 vaccine candidate epitopes reveals low performance of common epitope prediction tools.

The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) virus has highlighted the need for fast and efficacious vacci...

Nov 2020 33235258

Population-Based Screening for Endometrial Cancer: Human vs. Machine Intelligence.

Incidence and mortality rates of endometrial cancer are increasing, leading to increased interest in...

Nov 2020 33733200

Safety and effectiveness of ipragliflozin in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired renal function: subgroup analysis of a 3-year post-marketing surveillance study (STELLA-LONG TERM).

STELLA-LONG TERM, a 3-year post-marketing surveillance study, evaluated the safety and effectiveness...

Nov 2020 33786273