Medical Economics May 22, 2024
Mount Sinai study finds AI can predict hospital admissions in emergency departments
Generative artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by models like GPT-4, shows promise in predicting emergency department (ED) patient admissions with minimal training, according to a study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Published in the online issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), the study highlights the potential of AI to transform clinical decision-making in high-pressure medical settings.
In a retrospective analysis involving seven hospitals within the Mount Sinai Health System, researchers utilized both structured data, such as vital signs, and unstructured data, like nurse triage notes, from over 864,000 ED visits. The data, stripped of identifiable patient information, revealed that 159,857...