AI Partnership to Reduce Emergency Department Length of Stay 

Novant Health, a health network of over 1,800 physicians with 15 medical centers across three states, and Aidoc, the leading provider of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence solutions for medical imaging, announced a collaborative partnership to use AI to accelerate treatment for patients in the emergency department.

With Aidoc’s AI platform, which includes seven FDA-cleared solutions for triage and notification of patients with acute medical conditions, Novant Health is taking steps to improve patient outcomes and reduce emergency department length of stay as resources become constrained due to the Omicron variant.

With a focus on digital transformation to improve workflow efficiencies, Novant Health is one of the first health networks in North Carolina to adopt Aidoc’s AI platform.

Novant Health has integrated numerous technologies and has been recognized by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME Most Wired program five years in a row for applying core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business platforms, improving health and care in the community.

“When diagnosing and treating critical pathologies like pulmonary emboli and hemorrhagic strokes, every second counts,” Executive Vice President Chief Medical and Scientific Officer at Novant Health, Eric Eskioglu, MD, said in a press release.

“We are thrilled to partner with Aidoc to bring yet another leading-edge AI technology to Novant Health. For years, we’ve been committed to harnessing innovative technologies to improve patient safety and outcomes through the Novant Health Institute of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence. With Aidoc’s technology, our physicians will be able to more quickly identify and prioritize these patients and provide rapid life-saving treatments.”

From Aidoc’s AI platform, Novant Health will be utilizing the intracranial hemorrhage (brain bleeds), pulmonary embolism (lung blood clots), incidental pulmonary embolism, c-spine fracture, and abdominal free air AI solutions.

According to a study conducted by the Yale New-Haven Health System, Aidoc’s intracranial hemorrhage AI solution can reduce emergency department length of stay by approximately one hour.

“With rapidly rising numbers of people infected with the highly contagious Omicron variant, we can see the hard impact on hospital emergency room capacities and resources across the US. We’re proud to partner with a leading, innovative hospital network like Novant Health, which serves a large portion of the population in the three states its facilities are located in,” said Elad Walach, CEO and co-founder of Aidoc.

“Together, through our AI solutions and their state-of-the-art facilities, we will enable radiologists and related hospital providers to expedite care for tens of thousands of patients, contributing toward a mitigation of the current emergency room situations and setting an example for integrating innovation during turbulent and non-turbulent periods.”