Becker's Healthcare December 28, 2020
Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. developed plans to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution based on the CDC’s recommendations.
Some organizations used artificial intelligence to develop an algorithm that helped to decide who would receive the first doses. Renton, Wash.-based Providence used an algorithm to decide how to distribute the vaccine.
“We used a simple form to allow our caregivers to self-attest to their risk and role,” Executive Vice President and CIO B.J. Moore told Becker’s. “Based on a series of questions, we had a simple scoring system that was then used to prioritize caregivers into cohorts.”
Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University Hospital also used an algorithm that took age, medical conditions and infection risk into consideration to decide when...
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