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AI is also improving diabetes care. Routine eye
screenings, once requiring a separate ophthalmol-
ogy visit, can now be performed in primary care
offices using an AI backed camera that interprets
retina images on site. Another pilot program uses
cameras, with patient consent, to monitor individ-
uals at risk of falling. A remote sitter can observe
multiple patients while AI sends alerts if some-
one appears ready to get out of bed, triggering an
audio call until help arrives.
MaineHealth emphasizes that education and
careful review are central to any rollout. e sys-
tem recently launched an AI 101 class for its com-
munity of 24,000 people. "We really scrutinize all
of these technology platforms before we deploy
them, first and foremost, from a cybersecurity
point," Nigrin says.
e ultimate goal is to improve patient care
while addressing burnout that drives providers
from the field.
"Objectively, we think this is going to yield
incredible benefits for us in some of the burnout
that we're experiencing, and frankly, allow those
clinicians to get back to why they signed up for
medicine in the first place which is to provide care
and not to be bookkeepers typing things into a
computer," Nigrin says.
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Dr. Daniel Nigrin, chief information officer at
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C O U R T E S Y / M A I N E H E A LT H
Retinopathy at MaineHealth
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