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Mississauga hospital officials say better emergency care and additional benefits for patients will come from a new partnership focused on using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to deliver better patient care. health.

Trillium Health Partners said a multi-year strategic partnership with Canadian health AI company Signal 1 will enable the Mississauga healthcare network to “further develop its AI capabilities and accelerate safe adoption of AI tools to achieve better results in hospitals, healthcare establishments. system and community.

THP oversees the Mississauga Hospital and Credit Valley Hospital in addition to the Queensway Health Center on the Etobicoke-Mississauga border.

“As we address today’s challenges and create a new type of healthcare for a healthier community, advanced technology and AI will help us improve the quality and timeliness of care for our patients, address capacity challenges and allow our teams to focus on what they do best: providing exceptional care to our patients,” THP President and CEO Karli Farrow said in a news release Monday. press. “Building on the success of our existing AI tools, Signal 1’s partnership will allow us to leverage the enormous potential of AI to improve health while ensuring ethical, responsible and human-centered use. the human of AI in the clinical environment.

Hospital officials said THP will use Signal 1’s “cutting-edge healthcare AI platform,” the only fully integrated AI platform purpose-built for the healthcare industry, to take supports critical hospital functions, such as optimizing discharge planning and improving care in emergency situations. , to “enable better patient care, improved decision-making, and improved processes and efficiencies across the hospital.”

Officials said that as the new systems are rolled out over time, patients and health care workers will benefit from improvements that include:

• early identification of high-risk patients — patient data can be monitored in real time to predict which patients are at risk of adverse events such as deterioration, readmission or complications
• enhanced clinical decision support — Signal 1 tools provide doctors, nurses and healthcare workers with insights based on analysis of patient data that can lead to more informed decision-making, more effective treatments and better outcomes for patients.
• reduced readmission rates — by identifying patients at risk of readmission, teams can implement targeted interventions to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions
• faster discharge of patients from hospital
• Real-time monitoring and alerts — AI systems can continuously monitor patient data and alert teams to critical changes in a patient’s condition, officials say.

“AI has the potential to bring significant and lasting benefits to healthcare systems,” said Tomi Poutanen, CEO of Signal 1. “Signal 1 provides hospitals with the technology and support they need to deliver and make securely scale AI tools across their organization. »

The new AI partnership was struck as Trillium Health Partners prepares to begin construction next spring of a the new Mississauga hospital which will be the largest in Canada when it will receive its first patients in 2033.

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