AI emerges, healthcare seeks data engineers

With the help of AI, City of Hope patients can be continuously monitored for surgery complications, like sepsis or infection. The analytical models pull from the facility’s electronic-medical records system, known as Epic.

“These models are continuously monitoring patients, and if there is a risk, if there is something that needs to be done, there is a notification that pops up inside Epic, in a physician’s working environment, and they get to take action,” Eftekhari told IT Brew.

While some AI applications are already in effect at City of Hope, other “moonshot” ones are in the works, like using models to closely watch cells for early signs of cancer.

While some AI applications are already in effect at City of Hope, other “moonshot” ones are in the works, like using models to closely watch cells for early signs of cancer.