Becker's Healthcare December 28, 2020
Laura Dyrda

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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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology
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