Monitoring Patient Activity Using AI Computer Vision: Grand Rounds at Duke

Given the importance of the overnight period in inpatient care, it remains challenging to get objective, quantitative data on whether or not a patient had a good night. And, to be provocative: how do we even define what is meant by a “good night?” While there is growing awareness that patients very often have sleepless […]

WARNING – Security is a CEO Concern

Inpatient telemedicine in hospitals is expanding rapidly for many reasons. Yet older solutions running on old operating systems represent a fundamental threat to the security of the hospital environment. In the next 12-24 months, it is very likely that a major hospital outage or ransomware attack will have come through their telemedicine solution. Hospital CEOs […]

ATA 2023 – Integrating AI/Computer Vision Into Clinical Workflows

This work builds on our initial research in AI computer vision in the Duke medical intensive care unit. This research demonstrated several compelling data-driven readouts of patient activity and room environment, highlighting its potential utility in sleep, sedation, agitation, and delirium

Baptist Memorial Health Care Enters Into an Agreement with LookDeep to Expand Inpatient Telehealth Capabilities

“We are excited about our collaboration with LookDeep to use AI to expand virtual safety, nursing and medical services to support our staff and improve patient care,” said Dr. Paul DePriest, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care.

Recap MLHC 2022: AI-Powered Video Summary of the Overnight Period

Inpatient video has massive potential as a new form of patient monitoring and as a new kind of medical data type. One obstacle to overcome to realize this potential is the fact that video generates massive amounts of data, way more than any human can interpret (much less clinicians who are pressed for time taking care of sick patients).