Detecting clinical medication errors with AI enabled wearable cameras.
Chan J, Nsumba S, Wortsman M, et al. Detecting clinical medication errors with AI enabled wearable cameras. NPJ Dig Med. 2024;7(1):287. doi:10.1038/s41746-024-01295-2.
Medication errors in operating rooms are a persistent patient safety challenge. This article describes training and testing of an AI-enabled wearable camera designed to alert anesthesia providers to medication errors involving a drug vial or syringe. Syringe labels were correctly classified in 98.7% of events, and vials were correctly classified in 99.2%.