PYMNTS.com May 25, 2025
Every day, someone dies from getting the wrong medication or improper dosages of the right one.
Now, researchers at the University of Washington (UW) are working on ways to solve this problem in part by using artificial intelligence (AI), NBC News reported Sunday (May 25).
Dr. Kelly Michaelsen, an assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine, told the network she had read studies at the prevalence of medication errors among anesthesiologists and began to wonder if AI could help spot errors.
“I was like, ‘This seems like something that shouldn’t be too hard for AI to do,’” she said. “Ninety-nine percent of the medications we use are these same 10-20 drugs, and so my idea was that we could train...
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