A new study shows what it might take to make AI useful in health care

Hospital intensive care units can be frightening places for patients. In the US, the ICU has a higher mortality rate than any other hospital unit--between 8% and 19%, totaling roughly 500,000 deaths a year. Those who do not die may suffer in other ways, such as long-term physical and mental impairment. For nurses, working in one can easily lead to burnout because it takes so much physical and emotional stamina to administer round-the-clock care. Now a new paper, published in Nature Digital Medicine, shows how AI might be able to help.