Studies in health technology and informatics
Apr 8, 2025
This study investigated healthcare utilization patterns prior to prostate cancer diagnoses, aiming to develop machine learning models for early prediction of cancer diagnosis. Data from the All of Us Research Program was used, focusing on adult patie...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Apr 8, 2025
We compared emotional valence scores as determined via machine vs human ratings from a survey conducted from April to May 2024 on perceived attitudes on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for African American family caregivers of persons with Al...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
The Canadian health-tech sector faces regulatory challenges amidst rapid innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), digital health, biotechnology, and medical devices. This paper explores the regulatory landscape based on stakeholder interviews and...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
Canada's healthcare system faces a critical choice between two futures: "Cyborgville," driven by advanced medical technologies and AI, or a wellness-focused approach inspired by Blue Zones, which emphasize healthy lifestyles and environments. This co...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
The increasing prevalence of preventable chronic disease in Canada poses significant challenges to both healthcare budgets and individual financial stability. New treatments and predictive technologies are creating an urgent need to evaluate the impa...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) often requires specialized expertise in interpreting x-rays and radiographic images, resources that are mostly limited in rural settings. This paper explores the development of an electronic health record (EHR) syst...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies become more integrated into clinical settings to optimize care, healthcare professionals (HCPs) will need to become more adept in responsibly using these novel technologies to augment patient care. A quali...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
OntarioMD (OMD), a leader in digital health, focuses on harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to reduce administrative burden and enhance patient care in primary care. Building on 20 years of digital health experience, OMD has establis...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Feb 18, 2025
Guided by interviews with end-users and in collaboration with lived-experience advisors, the Fairness Dashboard is being co-designed to promote the standardized and responsible utilization of sociodemographic data in statistical and machine learning ...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Nov 22, 2024
An increasing number of explainability methods began to emerge as a response for the black-box methods used to make decisions that could not be easily explained. This created the need for a better evaluation for these methods. In this paper we propos...