US healthcare continues to embrace Artificial Intelligence to not only improve the quality and access of care, but to help reduce medical errors, improve the patient experience, as well as save money. Always-on AI is playing a big role within this using an approach that harnesses AI technology to provide personalised and continued medical support 24 hours a day.
Unlike customary healthcare systems, which rely heavily on scheduled appointments and delayed test results, AI-powered systems are now working across all US states to monitor vital signs, analyse medical data, and identify warning signs of illness long before the symptoms escalate. For example, wearable devices can detect irregular heart rhythms or spikes in blood pressure, sending real-time alerts to both patients and healthcare providers. Interventions such as this can easily prevent life-threatening emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes.
Erik Duhaime, the co-founder and CEO of medical solutions provider Centaur Labs recently pointed out that AI tech in healthcare is also allowing doctors to free themselves up to devote more time to create better clinical care and research solutions for their patients: “Scalable success within AI requires getting great work out of the best people. AI doesn’t replace work; it changes how work is organised.”
Meanwhile, Care.ai, a company that provides AI-assisted tech, has a solution out that predicts potential issues in the setting of care homes by sending alerts and reminders to staff. While the company’s ‘Always-Aware Ambient Sensors’ help monitor protocol adherence by tracking and analysing operations and clinical activities within care homes.
Chronic disease management is another area befitting from always-on AI, with the tech lessening the burden on sufferers of conditions like diabetes or asthma. For example, machine learning algorithms can analyse patterns in blood sugar levels or air quality data and suggest actions to take such as adjusting insulin doses or avoiding specific environments.
So as AI continues to advance, its abilities will only grow, and always-on AI software will continue to make healthcare smarter and faster, saving further lives along the way.
