Left undetected, atrial fibrillation can cause stroke, heart failure and other cardiovascular disease, but new AI may now make “a-fib” much easier to detect.

The goal of the new partnership, say the providers, is to help ensure all patients receive care that is uniquely tailored to their biology, personal need and preferences.

At a time when inefficiency and poor access to medical care among people living in rural areas are increasing inequities in healthcare across the globe, two experts note, the time is right for more, not less, international cooperation.

Sensyne Health acts as a ‘docking station’ for the analysis of anonymized patient data on behalf of its commercial partners under strict ethical control.

Through the new collaboration, the collective clinical and technical expertise of the organizations will be harnessed to advance the field of point-of-care ultrasound.

Too much of the current narrative around AI remains ‘futuristic,’ says one tech stakeholder, as there are many important solutions the latest in AI technology can provide healthcare right now.

To optimize the impact of health IT, collecting data should not be difficult, and with technologies such as AI that provide intelligent automation, healthcare organizations are beginning to explore new opportunities.

Physicians can do their best for patients when patients are forthcoming with all clinically pertinent information, and AI can help them get it.

Among other things, says one stakeholder, AI could take onerous reporting requirements from physicians’ workloads, but only if the data supplies the AI is learning on are accurate and clean.