Mayo Clinic, one of the world’s most prominent hospitals, is testing how artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize health care. The hospital is using an AI tool called Record Time to help clinicians parse through medical records faster.

Improving Patient Care

Record Time can save doctors between five and 30 minutes of preparation per visit, depending on the complexity of the case. This allows doctors to spend more time face-to-face with patients and ensures that they don’t miss important details that could drive treatment and testing recommendations.

The hospital is also using AI to analyze patients’ heart rhythms to tell whether someone could develop atrial fibrillation, a condition that can cause blood clots and strokes. Additionally, Mayo Clinic is running a clinical trial to test whether AI can help identify patients at risk of or with early-stage pancreatic cancer.

Partnerships and Innovation

Mayo Clinic is partnering with firms like Microsoft and Scale AI to use its huge volume of patient records and research to develop AI tools. The hospital has around 150 AI models deployed within the hospital, according to Dr. Matthew Callstrom, a radiologist and medical director of Mayo Clinic’s generative AI program.

While the use of AI in healthcare settings is not without controversy, raising big questions about accuracy and patient privacy, Mayo Clinic is committed to the responsible development and deployment of AI, with privacy, security, transparency, and compliance embedded throughout its processes.

Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.