Hospitals in Malawi Ally with Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Infant Mortality

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“Before we could have four deaths [of children] in a week or 15 days, but now we register perhaps a death.” Blessings Juma, in charge of the pediatric ward of Mangochi District Hospital, Malawi, is speaking. Health care attributes this change to IMPALA, an artificial intelligence monitoring system designed to detect the early deterioration of hospitalized patients and thus reduce infant mortality in low-income clinics. Read more