"AI Identifies Risky Alcohol Use in Patients Pre-Surgery"

A new analysis suggests that artificial intelligence could help identify patients at risk of dangerous alcohol use before surgery by analyzing contextual clues in their medical records. Using a natural language processing model, researchers found that the AI could identify three times as many at-risk patients compared to diagnostic codes alone. This could potentially assist clinicians in providing intervention or postoperative support for patients with risky alcohol use, ultimately improving surgical outcomes.