Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly advancing field that is beginning to enter the practice of medicine. Primary care is a cornerstone of medicine and deals with challenges such as physician shortage and burnout which impact patient care. AI and its application via digital health is increasingly presented as a possible solution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSepsis is the leading cause of mortality among hospitalized patients in our health care system and has been the target of major international initiatives such as the Surviving Sepsis Campaign championed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Get Ahead of Sepsis led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our institution has strived to improve outcomes for patients by implementing a novel suite of integrated clinical decision support tools driven by a predictive learning algorithm in the electronic health record. The tools focus on sepsis multidisciplinary care using industry-standard heuristics of interface design to enhance usability and interaction.
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