AI tool offers cure for scattered medical data

A patient in the ER, ICU, and other care environments is often connected to monitoring equipment such as cardiac monitors or ventilators, which capture a range of medical data points: heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation levels, body temperature, and more. Studying these numbers over time can yield vital information about the body's physiological patterns indicating imminent deterioration such as cardiac arrests, respiratory depression, and stroke. Unfortunately, in most cases, medical professionals are not able to leverage such data because most information from medical devices is transient. Very little of the bedside device data makes its way to the EHR, and the rest is deleted once a patient is taken off of the monitor. When a patient is transferred to a different unit, there is no easy way for members of the care team to relay historical data to the new care team.