The Daily AI Show

AI Is Saving Lives Today. Here's How (Ep 552)

Sep 16, 2025
Discover how AI is revolutionizing healthcare with life-saving innovations. From the TRUS AI tool reducing sepsis mortality by 18% to predicting emergency admissions with impressive accuracy, the impact is profound. Learn about the surge in FDA-approved AI devices in radiology, alongside regulatory advancements ensuring safety. AI is enhancing various specialties like cardiology and neonatal care, even detecting pain in infants. Plus, automation in administrative tasks is streamlining operations, helping healthcare providers focus on patient care.
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INSIGHT

Sepsis AI Cuts Mortality

  • Sepsis AI (TRUES) reduced in-hospital mortality by 18% across dozens of U.S. hospitals.
  • Cutting diagnosis time by about two hours materially improves survival in sepsis cases.
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Regulatory Landscape Mirrors Fast Innovation

  • The FDA lists ~1,200 AI-enabled medical devices and most are recent innovations post-2017 and heavily since 2023.
  • Rapid model advances are translating into many new, regulated clinical tools already in use.
ADVICE

Plan Model Updates With PCCP

  • Use the FDA Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) to allow safe, pre-approved AI model updates without redoing full approvals.
  • Design update plans that document intended changes and testing so devices can evolve in clinical use.
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