Becker's Healthcare June 26, 2023
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare created an artificial intelligence-based algorithm that can predict the upcoming week’s work schedule for its nurse navigators who are in charge of facilitating the process of cancer care for patients.
OSF HealthCare, which has 15 cancer patient navigators at its largest hospital, developed a model to predict upcoming workloads for each navigator’s existing patients and for new patients needing navigation.
The team also created a second model to distribute new patients among navigators.
The models use...