Vanderbilt University Medical Center Launches Artificial Intelligence Center, Researches Feasibility for Medical Alerts
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Our world is evolving, with advances in technology coming at a rapid pace.?
With that evolution now progressing into the health care space, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched an artificial intelligence center and is in the midst of research surrounding the usage of artificial intelligence for improving the care that patients receive.
The hospital’s new center — Artificial Intelligence ADVANCE (AI Discovery and Vigilance to Accelerate Innovation and Clinical Excellence — aims to utilize AI to transform patient care, research and training.
In a press release, Artificial Intelligence ADVANCE co-director Peter Embí, M.D., M.S. said: “By enabling the development of novel AI capabilities and their responsible implementation in practice, we aim to accelerate discoveries, transform health care delivery, improve patient outcomes and ultimately save lives.”
Vanderbilt is going even further with its mission. Earlier this year, the hospital announced a research plan to explore how AI could be used to manage the alerts that medical professionals receive about patients’ conditions.
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Just as in our own personal lives, where we receive countless notifications across our screens every minute, medical professionals are similarly flooded with alerts about patients’ conditions. However, due to an “alert fatigue” caused by the waves of alerts they receive, these medical professionals often ignore many of the alerts?due to a lack of specificity, or due to administrative issues pertaining to staffing and workflow.
Vanderbilt assistant professor of biomedical bioinformatics Siru Liu, PhD developed an AI tool to understand how often medical professionals interacted with the alerts that they received, then used the tool to understand why the alerts were followed or disregarded. Those insights prompted suggestions for improving Vanderbilt’s own alert system at the hospital.
The research team found that nearly 10 percent of the analyzed alerts could have been eliminated, which would have contributed to a reduction in the “alert fatigue” and a greater efficiency in the care that they offer their patients.
The Nashville Stars are proud to salute Vanderbilt University as this world-class institution continues to develop?technology that enhances health care for all.