One Brooklyn Health announced Monday it is partnering with hellocare.ai to bolster artificial intelligence-driven virtual care across its hospital system.
The new move will provide advanced AI tools to OBH’s clinicians to enable “scalable, continuous patient monitoring and enhanced care delivery” in its hospitals, according to the announcement.
The partnership will include deploying advanced AI models for preventing patient falls, fall detection and pressure injury prevention in an effort to enable “clinical teams to proactively identify risks and intervene earlier,” per the news release. OBH is comprised of Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
“At One Brooklyn Health, we are committed to leveraging innovation to deliver safer, more equitable, and higher-quality care to our communities,” OBH Chief Executive Officer of One Brooklyn HealthSandra Scott said in a statement enclosed in the release. “By partnering with hellocare.ai, we are equipping our clinicians with advanced AI tools that allow them to monitor more patients effectively, respond faster, and ultimately improve outcomes.”
The virtual healthcare platform’s AI-powered capabilities can also “continuously analyze patient activity in real time, helping reduce adverse events while improving operational efficiency and workforce sustainability.”
“Transformation in healthcare requires scalable, intelligent solutions that can support both patients and clinicians,” OBH President and Chief Transformation Officer Arthur Gianelli said in a statement per the release. “hellocare.ai enables us to standardize virtual care delivery while using AI to enhance clinical decision-making and operational efficiency across our system.”
The AI company hellocare.ai did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The company’s AI algorithms can “protect patients’ privacy, track a patient for their behavior, monitor them for falls and alert staff clinicians when there is a risk,” according to a page on its website.
The announcement comes as many hospitals across the U.S. have been implementing various AI-powered healthcare tools in recent years. Additionally, some patients have been seeking medical advice and mental health information from AI platforms.
Some recent reports have suggested that using AI in medical care settings can lead to issues such as inadequate transparency in decision-making and potential data privacy risks.
“From a nursing perspective, this technology is a game changer,” OBH Chief Nursing Executive Prissana Alston said in a statement per the release. “AI-assisted virtual nursing allows us to extend the capabilities of our care teams, reduce burnout, and ensure that every patient receives the attention and monitoring they need, when they need it.”
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