After a stroke, every minute of delay can be fatal. Viz.ai monitors CT images for signs of large vessel occlusion in under 30 minutes, and alerts the medical team immediately
Saving the lives of stroke victims by streamlining workflow
The biggest cause of death or debilitation from stroke is time to treatment. It’s not a matter of training but of workflow automation.
CT scans need to be analyzed immediately, then sent to the right expert. If a particular facility doesn’t have the necessary equipment, where’s the closest hospital that does? If only a specific surgeon can do the job, how can he or she be located?
Every minute of delay can potentially be fatal. After six hours, it’s often too late to save a patient.
This problem requires intelligence of the artificial kind. Which is what Israeli tech company Viz.ai provides.
Viz.ai’s software monitors CT-generated images for signs of “large vessel occlusion” (LVO) strokes that may otherwise have been missed or taken too long to spot.
While LVOs account for only some 10% of strokes, they are the most devastating and result in more than 50% of the healthcare spend on stroke patients, Viz.ai cofounder David Golan tells ISRAEL21c.
“Patients either die or they live in assisted living facilities, sometimes for decades,” he says. -- More...
ISRAEL21c was founded in 2001, in the wake of the Second Intifada, to broaden public understanding of Israel beyond typical portrayals in the mainstream media.
The organization’s founders – Israeli-American technology executives – understood the great power of the Internet and developed a first-of-its kind online product with global appeal and reach.
