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Artificial intelligence helps doctors predict patients' risk of dying, study finds: 'Sense of urgency'

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Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on how artificial intelligence can change the patient-doctor relationship on'America's Newsroom.' With research showing that only 22% of Americans keep a written record of their end-of-life wishes, a team at OSF HealthCare in Illinois is using artificial intelligence to help physicians determine which patients have a higher chance of dying during their hospital stay. The team developed an AI model that is designed to predict a patient's risk of death within five to 90 days after admission to the hospital, according to a press release from OSF. The goal is for the clinicians to be able to have important end-of-life discussions with these patients. "It's a goal of our organization that every single patient we serve would have advanced care planning discussions documented, so we could deliver the care that they wish -- especially at a sensitive time like the end of their life, when they may not be able to communicate with us because of their clinical situation," said lead study author Dr. Jonathan Handler, OSF HealthCare senior fellow of innovation, in an interview with Fox News Digital.