Opinion: Real-time vital signs data: a hidden source of value in medical AI
If data represents the next gold rush for health care, a vast treasure trove of it slips away every day. The increased enthusiasm for AI has led to significant investments in novel solutions for health care, with data coming from a variety of sources such as medical charts, imaging, literature, guidelines, and the like. A largely untapped source of valuable data is staring health care practitioners like myself right in the face: monitors that track vital signs.
As an entrepreneur working with the flow of vital sign data for the past couple years, I’m increasingly convinced of its importance. Captured every second by monitors in hospitals, vital signs have immense potential to improve patient care and provide value from AI that investors have been hoping for but have not yet seen. I believe this potential is why BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) recently acquired Edwards Lifesciences’ critical care unit for $4.2 billion.
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