DATE: January 23, 2026 at 04:30AMSOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECH
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DATE: January 23, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT HEALTH TECHTITLE: STAT+: Could AI help doctors catch signs of cognitive decline early?
In the high-stakes domain of brain health, too many patients slip through the cracks. Warning signs recorded in doctors’ notes get lost in the bustle of daily practice. No one follows up — until it’s too late.
Artificial intelligence, at least theoretically, offers a way to automate early detection. But what physician has time to figure out how to reliably prompt a generative AI system to comb clinical notes for patients with potential cognitive problems?
A new paper by researchers at Mass General Brigham, a Boston-based health system, describes a possible solution: Using a team of AI agents — instead of humans — to design optimal queries. The fully-automated approach matched, and in some ways exceeded, the performance of queries designed by clinical specialists, the researchers reported.
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