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AI Trial Screening Shifts the Bottlenecks

Jason Free — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:34:24 +0000

The announcement that Mass General Brigham has spun out AIwithCare to commercialize a retrieval-augmented screening platform signals something more consequential than another hospital-built analytics tool. Clinical trial enrollment remains one of the most stubborn constraints on biomedical progress, and it has stayed stubborn despite decades of site networks, CRO scale, and patient-facing marketing. When a health system treats prescreening as software infrastructure instead of coordinator labor, the bottleneck does not disappear. It relocates into governance, data quality, and accountability.

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Mass General Brigham and IBM Collaborate on New AI Project To Address the Effects of Extreme Heat on Vulnerable Populations

Jason Free — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:11:33 +0000

Mass General Brigham and IBM announced a new collaboration through the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, aimed at scaling up innovative action in cities around the world, in alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11. Together, Mass General Brigham and IBM will develop an AI tool for healthcare systems and community health centers confronting health risks from extreme heat.

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Brigham Researchers Use Machine Learning to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Jason Free — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:36:28 +0000

A transparent AI approach recalibrated the new PREVENT equations to provide a more tailored cardiovascular risk assessment in a local population

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Mass General Brigham Receives $4.6M Grant to Study Short-Term Rehab at Home

Jason Free — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 11:52:32 +0000

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) has awarded $4.6 million to Mass General Brigham to evaluate the delivery of short-term rehab care at home.

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PET Scans Reveal ‘Smoldering’ Inflammation in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Jason Free — Thu, 02 May 2024 13:15:46 +0000

A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans could reveal hidden inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are being treated with highly-effective treatments. The findings were published in Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

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Privacy Incident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jason Free — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 13:15:13 +0000

Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization, (“BWPO”), a member of Mass General Brigham Incorporated (MGB) is notifying individuals of an incident it recently became aware of involving some patients’ personal information.

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GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham Evolve Their AI Collaboration with Medical Imaging Foundation Models

Jason Free — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:50:45 +0000

Based on its long-term artificial intelligence (AI) partnership, GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham plan to integrate medical imaging foundation models into their AI research work, with a strong focus on responsible AI practices.

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Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham Collaborate to Meet Patients’ Growing Healthcare at Home Needs

Jason Free — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:19:17 +0000

Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham are collaborating to support a new model of healthcare delivery that serves patients where they want to be — at home.

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GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham Collaborate on an AI Algorithm to Predict Missed Care Opportunities

Jason Free — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:08:35 +0000

GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham announced, as part of its initial collaboration, the co-development of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that will help increase operations effectiveness and productivity.

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AI Model Developed by Brigham Researchers Could Help Screen for Heart Defect

Jason Free — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:11:53 +0000

The AI model was more efficient at detecting signatures of atrial septal defect (ASD) in electrocardiograms (ECG) than traditional methods.

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