Alphabet's DeepMind and VA want to use AI to study patient deterioration - MedCity News

Alphabet's artificial intelligence arm DeepMind and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have unveiled a research partnership focused on predicting patient deterioration in the hospital setting. The issue is the cause of approximately 11 percent of in-hospital deaths, NHS research shows. Together, the organizations will examine 700,000 historical, depersonalized patient medical records. They'll analyze patterns from the data to see if machine learning can pinpoint risk factors for patient deterioration. To start, the relationship will zoom in on acute kidney injury, a complication related to patient deterioration.