The potential of artificial intelligence to improve patient safety: a scoping review.

David W Bates; David M Levine; Ania Syrowatka; Masha Kuznetsova; Kelly Jean Thomas Craig; Angela Rui; Gretchen Purcell Jackson; Kyu Rhee

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The potential of artificial intelligence to improve patient safety: a scoping review.

March 31, 2021

Bates DW, Levine DM, Syrowatka A, et al. NPJ Digit Med. 2021;4(1):54.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used across healthcare settings to address a variety of patient safety targets. This scoping review evaluated the potential of AI to improve patient safety across eight domains including adverse drug events, decompensation, and diagnostic errors. Both traditional (e.g. EHR) and novel (e.g. wearables) data sources can be used to develop models and interventions to improve patient safety.

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