Explainable artificial intelligence for safe intraoperative decision support.

Lauren Gordon; Teodor Grantcharov; Frank Rudzicz

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Explainable artificial intelligence for safe intraoperative decision support.

September 25, 2019

Gordon L, Grantcharov T, Rudzicz F. JAMA Surg. 2019.

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Advances in technology enable real-time intraoperative data capture to prevent adverse events and improve patient safety and recovery. This commentary describes a surgical innovation that combined artificial intelligence, video technology, and clinical decision support and was designed to flag potential bleeding events in the surgical suite.

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