This article was originally published in the Summer 2020 Issue of Critical Connections.

As medical practice becomes more specialized and intricate, the role of diagnostics and the decisions regarding diagnosis, therapeutics, and monitoring become more complicated. The bedside clinician is often faced with un­certainty in the decision-making process, especially in the critically ill patient. Over the past decade, the reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with information processing in highly data-driven medicine has become common.

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Ahmed A. Mahmoud, BCCCP, PharmD
Ravi S. Tripathi, MD, MBA