MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Researchers at West Virginia University have made steps to advance artificial intelligence to diagnose a health issue that disproportionately impacts Appalachians—heart failure.

AI models to diagnose health failure already exist, according to a release from WVU Today, but they rely on data from cities and don't take into account risk factors from rural areas like Appalachia, including limited access to health care, high physical labor and exposure to things like coal dust.

“Imagine Jane Doe, a 62-year-old woman living in a rural Appalachian community,” proposed assistant professor Prashnna Gyawali. “An AI system, trained primarily on data from urban hospitals in more affluent, coastal areas, evaluates Jane’s lab results. But because the system was not trained o

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