AI may aid screening for opioid use disorder

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Tea@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/ai-may-aid-screening-opioid-use-disorder

An artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool identified patients at risk for opioid use disorder and helped reduce readmission to hospitals.

The findings hint that AI screening could be a cost-effective way to recognize at-risk patients and increase their access to addiction treatment.

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sbv@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It looks like an offline tool that reviews existing medical records to find indicators of addiction:

Overall, the AI screener was as effective as provider-only assessments in leading to addiction specialist consultations. However, those who received AI screening were 47% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after initial discharge.

The team calculated that each readmission avoided saved about $6,800 in health care costs during the study period. The findings suggest that investment in AI could help to increase access to addiction treatment, improve efficiencies, and save costs.

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just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Dumb as hell. “screening” in this case is just as easy as a standard automated system to flag a paper trail of medical records, but with extra steps and “AI”. It will flag literally all the same things any automated scripted system would, just using more resources because “AI”.

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