AI system used in Brazil prevented many deaths, according to hospitals

Artificial Intelligence has advanced little by little within hospitals throughout Brazil. Such hospital institutions claim that the aid of this system in the health causes many deaths to be avoided. In Brazil, Rede D’Or already makes use of the technology, as well as the Sírio-Libanês and Israelita hospitals. albert einstein.

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Rede D’Or, which owns Nova Star and Hospital São Luiz, in São Paulo, relies on AI to estimate the patient’s length of stay. When a long period of intubation is identified, the technology makes use of early mobilization to help you get out of bed.

“This reduces hospitalization time, mortality and, after hospital discharge, this patient has a better cognition”, commented Jorge Salluh, intensive care physician and researcher at Rede D’or on the influence of AI in health.

At Sírio-Libanês, also in São Paulo, AI is useful for estimating the length of hospital stay. The algorithm researches which hospitalizations the patient has already had and makes a comparison with the current health condition, in addition to evaluating all the exams. In this way, as Felipe Veiga, medical director of information technology, pointed out, technology allows ICU resources to be managed in the best way.

At Albert Einstein, the system has been in operation since 2018. The Assistance Monitoring Center monitors all patient data. Thus, the AI ​​can identify any deterioration to notify the medical team.

This monitoring is also present at the Hospital Municipal Vila Santa Catarina, located in the South Zone of São Paulo. Doctor Leonardo Carvalho, from the Precision Medicine sector at Albert Einstein, commented that the algorithm works accurately when it receives all the data from patients.

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These AIs have become a challenge for the healthcare system. In order to ensure that the system is comprehensive, these algorithms – which feed on data from the population – need to be adapted for all patients, in different cases.

For Einstein, the AI ​​system came to cost BRL 1.2 million. The director of a hospital unit in Morumbi, Claudia Laselva, reported that these care practices help to reduce costs and improve safety regarding patient follow-up.

“Since we implemented it in the operating room, more than 1,500 days ago, we have eliminated catastrophic and serious events related to anesthesia and reduced the number of other adverse events by 30%”, pointed out Laselva.

AIs have not yet reached public hospitals. The initiatives are still undergoing a research phase, as indicated by Marco Bego, executive director of the innovation and technology center at HC-USP (Hospital das Clínicas da USP).

Bego pointed out that it is necessary to implement at least three conditions for the tool to be useful in the SUS: the quality of the service offered, the increase in access to health and sustainability in the network public.

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