Researchers created two machine learning models programmed with health record data from more than 200,000 ICU stays. The 24-hour model evaluated age, illness severity, physiologic variables and ...

The machine was a revolutionary change, though Drinker grumbled in his later years that the “damn machine,” and not his other accomplishments, would be what he was known for.

No machine, no matter how advanced, will improve the patient experience alone, says Umesh Gidwani, MD, director of the cardiac intensive care unit at New York City-based Mount Sinai Medical Center.

1. Amazon Web Services’ Textract service uses machine learning to extract information from any document, including hospital claims, patient forms and more. 2. An algorithm developed at the ...

Can automated systems reduce the time people spend on breathing machines in the intensive care unit?

The intensive care unit (ICU) is flooded with patient monitor alarms, so much so that health care workers typically become inured to them. That’s not surprising given that there are an estimated 10 ...