Accessibility is key to the care provided by Spaulding Rehabilitation. So when Spaulding recently set out to update its website, the many needs of its diverse populations—who face myriad physical challenges—were top of mind.

More than 1,800 health care leaders gathered in Boston recently at the World Medical Innovation Forum, hosted by Partners HealthCare, for focused discussions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in clinical care. Below are some highlights from the forum’s three dynamic days.

It’s well understood that patients who persistently seek routine care in the emergency department (ED) generate higher health care costs. But a closer look can also tell us something about how certain patients receive care through normal channels—or not.

As novel approaches to gathering and analyzing data emerge at an unprecedented pace, one of medicine’s most vital population health tools remains a 43-year-old survey sent exclusively to nurses.

More than 500,000 women worldwide die of breast cancer, a statistic that keeps Connie Lehman, MD, Chief of Breast Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) awake at night. Her desire to change the statistic, she says, requires accelerated innovation. “We have to think differently,” she says.

Every day, more than 500 Americans lose an upper or lower extremity to amputation—a life-altering intervention with a range of associated complications and costs. What’s more, that staggering number is on the rise, driven by an increase in the number of Americans with diabetes, who account for a full two-thirds of amputations.