This AI tool promises a 'second pair of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?
A study in Kenya tested an AI tool called AI Consult, which uses GPT-4o to provide real-time clinical feedback to healthcare workers. The tool successfully alerted a clinician to a potential heart defect in an infant, demonstrating its potential as a diagnostic support system.
A 4-month-old boy comes into the clinic with a fever and a stuffy nose. Vyonne Njeri thinks it's just a cold. Then a yellow box pops up on her computer telling her to check his heart — because his heart rate is elevated. Njeri is a registered clinical officer in Nairobi, Kenya; she sees patients on her own like a nurse practitioner. When she listens with a stethoscope she hears a whoosh — a sign that the infant could have a congenital heart defect.
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