With the spread of COVID-19 in danger of pushing hospitals beyond their limits, healthcare systems are, among other things, looking to keep hospitals from becoming overcrowded — and keeping the people giving care from becoming overwhelmed.
Baltimore tech company StoCastic is bringing artificial intelligence to that effort at a healthcare system in Illinois: OSF Healthcare, a Peoria-based system which operates 14 healthcare facilities in the midwestern state, will use the company’s E-Triage tool to shift the process of designating the degree of a patient’s condition out of the emergency room.
The tool will allow nurses to triage patients over the phone, which means a patient can be at home when they report concerns about COVID-19. Using vital signs as well as machine learning that draws on electronic health record data and medical history, E-Triage can classify whether patients are at high-risk and need hospitalization, or are at lower risk and can remain at home for follow-up.
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