Life Sciences Intelligence June 1, 2022
Columbia University Irving Medical Center has launched an initiative to improve patient outcomes by leveraging nursing expertise and artificial intelligence to create the CONCERN model.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is leading a multi-hospital effort known as the CONCERN (COmmunicating Narrative Concerns Entered by RNs) Initiative, which aims to utilize nurses’ expertise in risk identification to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-based prediction model to support early detection of critical conditions in hospitalized patients.
A key part of any nurse’s skill set is detecting cues about a patient’s health and wellbeing through subtle changes in appearance and behavior. However, these observations are often missed or under-analyzed within the EHR. Nursing documentation in EHRs has been found to contain information...