Becker's Healthcare April 16, 2024
Artificial intelligence is helping improve collaboration between physicians and nurses at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care.
Stanford Hospital has been using an AI model to predict when patients are at risk of deterioration — scanning vital sign, lab and EHR data about every 15 minutes — then alerting the clinical team, according to a March study in JAMA Internal Medicine. It has been fostering communication among clinicians beyond just end-of-shift handoffs.
“The big question I want to answer is, ‘How do we use AI to build a more resilient health system in high-stakes situations?'” said senior study author Ron Li, MD, Stanford’s medical informatics director for digital health, in...