Ground-breaking New AI Technology for Severe Sepsis Rapid Identification

Ground-breaking New AI Technology for Severe Sepsis Rapid Identification

ASEP Medical Holdings Inc. announced the ground-breaking use of artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly identify infections at increased risk of severe sepsis. The method was developed by the Hancock Lab, under the guidance... read more

Infusion Management Software Can Seamlessly Connect Thousands Pumps Across Facilities

Infusion Management Software Can Seamlessly Connect Thousands Pumps Across Facilities

A newly-launched next-generation infusion management platform provides organizations with a blend of real-time views and retrospective reporting capabilities, enhancing the understanding of their infusion pump fleet and associated... read more

High Speed Blood Flow Measurements Enabled by LW-iDCS

High Speed Blood Flow Measurements Enabled by LW-iDCS

In this work we have demonstrated the development of long wavelength, interferometric diffuse correlation spectroscopy. Using a fiber optic probe with collocated detection fibers, we were able to directly compare measured... read more

Deep Learning-based Electrocardiographic Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease

Deep Learning-based Electrocardiographic Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease

Undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common and usually asymptomatic disorder that causes a high burden of morbidity and early mortality worldwide. We developed a deep learning model for CKD screening from routinely... read more

Post-discharge Care Using Telemedicine: Pre-pandemic vs. Pandemic Care

Post-discharge Care Using Telemedicine: Pre-pandemic vs. Pandemic Care

Expansion of virtual post-discharge visits to include all patients and telephone calls did not negatively impact rates of 30-day post-discharge hospital encounters. Offering tele-health options for post-discharge follow-up... read more

Predicting Readmission or Death After Discharge From the ICU with Machine Learning

Predicting Readmission or Death After Discharge From the ICU with Machine Learning

In this era of expanding availability of ML models, external validation and retraining are key steps to consider before applying machine learning (ML) models to new settings. Clinicians and decision-makers should take... read more

Intracranial Pressure: Current Perspectives on Physiology and Monitoring

Intracranial Pressure: Current Perspectives on Physiology and Monitoring

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is now viewed as integral to the clinical care of many life-threatening brain insults, such as severe traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and malignant stroke. It serves... read more

Adapting FDA Regulation for AI-Powered Medical Devices

Adapting FDA Regulation for AI-Powered Medical Devices

To keep up with the advancement of medical technology, the FDA has been working on a digital health pre-certification program that would allow the agency to pre-approve trusted manufacturers to update their software products.... read more

Algorithm that Detects Sepsis Cut Deaths by 18%

Algorithm that Detects Sepsis Cut Deaths by 18%

Hospital patients are at risk of a number of life-threatening complications, especially sepsis—a condition that can kill within hours and contributes to one out of three in-hospital deaths in the U.S. Overworked doctors... read more

Machine Learning Model Validation for Prediction of Potential PICU Transfer

Machine Learning Model Validation for Prediction of Potential PICU Transfer

We developed and externally validated a novel machine learning model that identifies ICU transfers in hospitalized children more accurately than current tools. Our model enables early detection of children at risk for... read more

Patients Monitored Using Wearable Monitors Experienced Fewer Unplanned ICU Admissions

Patients Monitored Using Wearable Monitors Experienced Fewer Unplanned ICU Admissions

Implementation of continuous monitoring of patient vital signs using wearable monitoring technology linked wirelessly to hospital systems was associated with a reduction in unplanned ICU admissions and rapid response team... read more

Voiceless Patients in ICU Regard High-tech AAC Devices As Useful

Voiceless Patients in ICU Regard High-tech AAC Devices As Useful

Although the existing evidence is limited, voiceless patients regard augmentative and alternative communication (high-tech AAC) devices as a useful, reliable, and acceptable alternative communication choice in the ICU. Multicenter,... read more

Standardized Data Collection in Prehospital Critical Care

Standardized Data Collection in Prehospital Critical Care

The medical problems categorized by HEMS personnel can be seen as valid. The greatest challenges remain in the classification of stroke and other neurological emergencies. Patients treated by HEMS personnel are characterized... read more

AI Predicts If And When Cardiac Arrest Will Happen

AI Predicts If And When Cardiac Arrest Will Happen

Sudden cardiac death from arrhythmia is a major cause of mortality worldwide. In this study, we developed a novel deep learning (DL) approach that blends neural networks and survival analysis to predict patient-specific survival... read more