Viz.ai has announced an expanded partnership with Softek Illuminate—an industry leader in the development of proprietary natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) software that discovers at-risk patients based on electronic medical records (EMR), assesses disease severity, and facilitates follow-up surveillance for a variety of diseases.
This partnership will enable healthcare providers to make timely decisions for patients with cerebral aneurysms while ensuring they are not lost to follow-up, as per a recent press release.
“An estimated 6.7 million people in the USA have an unruptured brain aneurysm. Through our collaboration with Illuminate, we have the opportunity to detect and monitor aneurysm more effectively by using AI-powered tools that prevent patients from falling through the cracks,” said Jieun Choe, chief product and marketing officer at Viz.ai. “We are confident this collaboration will help more patients get the continuity of care and treatment they need to reduce aneurysm rupture.”
Viz Aneurysm leverages AI to automatically analyse computed tomography angiograms (CTAs) for suspected cerebral aneurysm and streamline referrals, while Illuminate’s Discovery360 incorporates the people, process, and technology, to identify and monitor lost aneurysm patients. The release notes that, together, Viz Aneurysm and Illuminate’s Discovery360 equip care teams with the clinical insights they need to ensure timely diagnosis and patient follow-up.
In a recent study, after screening nearly 1,200 CTAs for stroke evaluation across eight stroke centres, Viz Aneurysm helped determine that 85% of aneurysms had not been previously referred to neurology for follow-up.
“We are pleased to partner with Viz.ai to provide an end-to-end workflow, including follow-up surveillance and disease management, by combining our best-in-class technologies,” said Cole Erdmann, chief executive officer (CEO) of Illuminate. “This will ensure patients and physicians are able to make the best care decisions, ultimately preventing ruptures.”
