23-Mar-18, ET Healthworld
A hospital in the Chinese capital of Beijing will be soon using Artificial Intelligence (AI), in an effort to address the shortage of doctors and to make their workload more manageable. The hospital will start running all its lung scans through an algorithm that can help to speed up the screening process.
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The software can quickly spot nodules and other early signs of lung diseases. It was developed by a Beijing-based startup called PereDoc.
The Beijing hospital that will start feeding its lung scans to PereDoc's software from Apr-18 will treat about 10,000 outpatients every single day. This will effectively help to manage the heavy workload of the doctors.