NightWare, a smartwatch app that uses artificial intelligence to measure and treat nightmares in users with post-traumatic stress disorder, has received "Breakthrough Status" from the FDA.
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As patients and physicians face more choices for DNA testing, Los Altos, Calif.-based startup GenomeSmart debuted this week an artificial intelligence-powered platform to help them decide which of the hundreds of available genetic tests are most beneficial.
Current Health, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, has received approval from the FDA for in-home use of its wearable patient monitoring platform, previously cleared only for use in hospitals.
Artificial intelligence looms large in consumer services, financial technology and manufacturing and now it's making inroads into medicine too.
Becker's asked healthcare leaders to share how their organizations have responded to the rise of consumerism in the industry.
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Consumers are most at ease with artificial intelligence in a healthcare setting, as opposed to other industries such as banking or retail, according to a recent SAS report.
Nearly half (47 percent) of health consumers said they would use an artificially intelligent virtual physician provided by their health service because it is available whenever they need it, according to a survey released by Accenture.