AI-controlled sensors can improve patient outcomes in smart hospitals, Stanford says

Electronic sensors and artificial intelligence could help health professionals monitor and treat vulnerable patients in ways that improve the outcome without invading privacy, Stanford University said in a statement. A team of researchers reviewed the field of'ambient intelligence' in healthcare - an interdisciplinary effort to create smart hospital rooms equipped with AI systems that can do a range of things to improve patient outcomes. AI tools can unobtrusively monitor impending health crises in the elderly. Devices could prompt in-home caregivers, remotely located clinicians and patients themselves to make timely, life-saving interventions. Sensors and AI can immediately alert clinicians and patient visitors when they fail to sanitize their hands before entering a hospital room.