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In matters of life and death, AI brings significant pros and cons
“Would you be surprised if this person were not alive 12 months from now?” Known as “the surprise question,” this question along with clinical risk calculators help doctors make decisions around care for patients near the end of life. Increasingly, clinicians are also using AI models to predict re...View Article Details for In matters of life and death, AI brings significant pros and cons -
UMD researchers to use AI to help boost HPV vaccine confidence
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is one of the few vaccines proven to prevent cancer—so why have only 61% of teens 13-17 and far lower percentages of younger children received the potentially life-saving shots?View Article Details for UMD researchers to use AI to help boost HPV vaccine confidence -
UMD developing AI-powered warning system to predict disease tied to extreme weather
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The University of Maryland will lead an eight-country research consortium to develop an artificial intelligence-powered early warning system to help communities prepare for and respond to diarrheal disease risks – and potentially other conditions – worsened by extreme weather eve...View Article Details for UMD developing AI-powered warning system to predict disease tied to extreme weather -
NIH award funds research to integrate electronic health records
It’s a common “medical” complaint: You switch to a new doctor and find that electronic health records from your old clinic or from urgent care or specialist visits have not moved with you – leading to a déjà vu of filling out the same forms you’ve filled out a hundred times before. But beyond the fo...View Article Details for NIH award funds research to integrate electronic health records -
Study: Major health insurance gap for some adopted children
COLLEGE PARK, M.d. – People in America adopt hundreds of thousands of children every year, but not all of them receive health insurance once adopted into their second home. A study by University of Maryland (UMD) School of Public Health, out today in Health Affairs, reveals major differences in cove...View Article Details for Study: Major health insurance gap for some adopted children -
SPH project equips urban farms to safely harvest rainwater
In Maryland’s rich agricultural flatlands around Upper Marlboro, a group of scientists, contractors and farmers braved the heat on a June day at UMD’s Terp Farm at the Central Maryland Research & Education Center to gain hands-on skills around safe rainwater harvesting in urban agricultural sett...View Article Details for SPH project equips urban farms to safely harvest rainwater