Measuring the “woodwork effect” in medical insurance

Study: When adults gain access to Medicaid, they sign up their previously unenrolled kids, too — yet many more remain outside the system.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 9, 2022 ~9 min

Why it’s a problem that pulse oximeters don’t work as well on patients of color

New research ties inaccuracies in pulse oximeter readings to racial disparities in treatment and outcomes.

Megan Lewis | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science • mit
Aug. 2, 2022 ~7 min


Review: IT in health care has produced modest changes — so far

Large study of existing research shows incremental improvement in patient outcomes and productivity, without big employment changes.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
July 18, 2022 ~9 min

Teaching AI to ask clinical questions

Researchers have made strides toward machine-learning models that can help doctors more efficiently find information in a patient’s health record.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
July 14, 2022 ~8 min

MIT research informs design of new coordination service for family caregivers

Program supports family caregivers with dedicated service coordinators based on learning from MIT's AgeLab.

Adam Felts | MIT AgeLab • mit
July 12, 2022 ~6 min

Intensive visiting nurse program doesn't impact birth outcomes, says ongoing study

First results underscore the urgent need for a better understanding of how to address inequities in birth outcomes.

Cordelia Kwon | J-PAL North America • mit
July 5, 2022 ~9 min

Researchers pioneer a new way to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures

The anomaly-detection model developed by SMART utilizes machine learning to detect microbial contamination within a few minutes.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
June 29, 2022 ~8 min

Artificial intelligence predicts patients’ race from their medical images

Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 20, 2022 ~9 min


Joystick-operated robot could help surgeons treat stroke remotely

The system could provide teleoperated endovascular treatment to patients during the critical time window after a stroke begins.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 13, 2022 ~7 min

Research advances technology of AI assistance for anesthesiologists

A new deep-learning algorithm trained to optimize doses of propofol to maintain unconsciousness during general anesthesia could augment patient monitoring.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Feb. 14, 2022 ~7 min

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