Quality and Safety

The edge computing technology's neural network algorithms can help drive workflow efficiency, detect gaps in care and deliver real-time intelligent notifications to staff, the AI developers say.

Its care innovations have helped nurses spend 3,000 more hours at the bedside – leading to a 58% improvement in care efficiency and a 19% reduction in HAIs.

The technology examines vital signs and other biomarkers to predict the likelihood of infection up to 48 hours ahead of clinical suspicion.

LIFE St. Mary hospital uses Tabula Rasa HealthCare’s pharmacy platform, which has helped lead to a 16% decrease in ER use and a 27% decrease in total hospitalization.

The agency worked for two years with the certification company on a cooperative research project that highlights the value of standards for connected devices and IoMT.

The ACI platform, which the companies say can ease administrative burden by streamlining documentation, has been rolled out to some customers in beta and is planned to launch in early 2020 across several specialties.

Hakim Yadi, CEO and co-founder of Closed Loop Medicine, says the development of digital health technologies should not stray "too far away" from the academic and clinic rigor applied to the pharma industry.

Traditionally, value in healthcare has been viewed from the perspectives of hospitals and healthcare providers, but this has shifted to the patient-consumer. 

Digital health is inherently different from other kinds of innovation like drug trials, and the rules are still being rewritten, says Sunita Patolia, team lead for human-centered design at Partners HealthCare Pivot Labs.

Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld explores the practical implications of artificial intelligence and its impacts on quality, safety, cost reduction, patient engagement and more ahead of his roundtable session at the Connected Health Conference in Boston Oct. 16.