Advances in machine learning and contactless sensors have given rise to ambient
intelligence—physical spaces that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of humans …

Ambient intelligence is increasingly finding applications in health-care settings, such as
helping to ensure clinician and patient safety by monitoring staff compliance with clinical …

ContextEvidence exists that high-volume hospitals (HVHs) have lower mortality rates than
low-volume hospitals (LVHs) for certain conditions. However, few employers, health plans …

PURPOSE Health care expenditures and biomedical research funding are often justified by
the belief that modern health care powerfully improves life expectancy in wealthy countries …

Although a safe and effective vaccine holds the greatest promise for resolving the COVID-19
pandemic, hesitancy to accept vaccines remains common. To explore vaccine acceptance …

Importance Conversational agents are smartphone-based computer programs designed to
respond to users in natural language, thereby mimicking conversations between people …

Five billion people in the world lack access to quality surgical care. Surgeon skill varies
dramatically, and many surgical patients suffer complications and avoidable harm …

Seriously ill Americans are receiving treatment at advanced private hospitals in low-income
countries. Drs. Arnold Milstein and Mark Smith write that the trend is driven by the escalation …

Recent advances in supervised machine learning have improved diagnostic accuracy and
prediction of treatment outcomes, in some cases surpassing the performance of clinicians. 1 …

Two Sounding Board articles, by Emanuel et al. and Antos et al., discuss different
approaches to controlling rising health care costs in the United States. The editors hope that …