Hospital study on AI identifies undiagnosed dementia patients coming from LTC

Hospital study on AI identifies undiagnosed dementia patients coming from LTC
McKnights Senior Living, by Aaron Dorman; 1/16/24
A high number of senior living and care residents have dementia on admission, or develop it during their stay, despite never receiving a formal diagnosis. When these “secret” dementia patients, however, have an emergency – say, a fall – and are hospitalized, they can catch the new care team unaware and struggling to make appropriate clinical decisions. To avoid this pitfall, new research is looking at electronic health records to flag individuals who might have dementia, possibly undiagnosed, so that when they arrive at a hospital, the care team is ready.