Opinion: Validated AI tools are already improving patient outcomes

A STAT First Opinion piece argues the right question isn't whether AI improves medicine generally, citing evidence that AI monitoring detects early fever and sepsis signs and shortens hospital stays. It notes three-quarters of U.S. health systems use at least one AI application, and that an AI stroke tool cut time-to-treatment.
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