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August
2024
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Becker's Hospital Review | How UCHealth uses AI for nurses
Nurses at Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth employ artificial intelligence to alert them to a potentially deadly condition for patients, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported. Since 2018, the health system has been using AI to detect sepsis, saving thousands of lives in the process, according to the Aug. 4 article. “We are finding sepsis two to four hours earlier than we would have without using AI,” Amy Hassell, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer of the UCHealth Virtual Health Center, told the newspaper. “Every hour impacts mortality by 10%, so that two to four hours can reduce mortality by 30% or more.”