Researchers compared hospital early warning scores for clinical deterioration—Here’s what they learned

Researchers compared hospital early warning scores for clinical deterioration—Here’s what they learned
JAMA Network; Roy Perlis, MD, MSc; Jennifer Abbasi; 1/24
This conversation is part of a series of interviews in which JAMA Network editors and expert guests explore issues surrounding the rapidly evolving intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and medicine. Arecent head-to-head study at Yale New Haven Health System compared 6 different early warning scores designed to recognize clinical deterioration in hospitalized patients, including 3 proprietary AI tools. Among the best was the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), a publicly available non-AI tool, while the Epic Deterioration Index “was one of the worst” of the batch, the authors reported in October in JAMA Network Open.