Cleveland Clinic harnesses AI to predict sepsis onset
OHIO, UNITED STATES — Cleveland Clinic is doubling down on its efforts to enhance healthcare delivery through artificial intelligence (AI).
Sepsis claims 300 Americans every day
According to Dr. Rohit Chandra of Cleveland Clinic, sepsis kills roughly 300 people in the U.S. every day. As such, the health system has launched a pilot across 1,000 beds designed to utilize AI to help predict the onset of sepsis.
Cleveland Clinic is doubling down on AI to enhance patient care and maintain its leadership in medical innovation.
By leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, the healthcare giant aims to streamline operations, improve diagnostic accuracy, and deliver personalized treatment plans.
“The key to saving lives with sepsis is early detection and early intervention, but there’s no single black-or-white test that you can do. You have to look at a multitude of factors that can predict the onset of sepsis and potential upcoming organ failure, and hours matter,” Dr. Chandra said.
“With the pilot, we’re trying to look at all of the different patient vital signs, physician notes and see how we can improve our ability for detection.”
Enhancing the patient and physician experience
In addition to patient care, Cleveland Clinic has also set up initiatives to streamline documentation.
Without AI, Dr. Chandra said that physicians spend an average of 45 minutes a day on documentation, noting that the time spent totals to as much as two and a half hours a day for some specialties.
“Anything and everything that we can do to reduce this burden is a no-brainer,” Dr. Chandra said.
He pointed out that streamlining administrative tasks will improve healthcare delivery and the physician experience as well.
