“In a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) blog post, released Thursday, the HHS Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) announced that they have completed a 14-week pilot program that sought to “improve clinical trials, experimental therapies, and data-driven solutions” for challenges stemming from cancer, Lyme disease, and other tick-borne diseases using Federal data and artificial intelligence (AI).”
“The Opportunity Project (TOP) Health sprint project has found a way to make it easier for patients to find cutting-edge treatments for challenging diseases by strengthening collaborations between technologists, issue experts, and community leaders…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS Finds use for AI, Federal Data for Cancer and Lyme Disease Treatments – January 18, 2019. MeriTalk.
