Development of a Smart Hospital Assistant: integrating artificial intelligence and a voice-user interface for improved surgical outcomes

Jeong Hun Kim; Richard Um; Jonathan Liu; Japesh Patel; Eli Curry; Fariba Aghabaglou; Smruti Mahapatra; Ana Ainechi; Yohannes Tsehay; Jeff Ehresman; Brian Hwang; Betty Tyler; Rajiv Iyer; Nicholas Theodore; Amir Manbachi

doi:10.1117/12.2580995

15 February 2021 Development of a Smart Hospital Assistant: integrating artificial intelligence and a voice-user interface for improved surgical outcomes

Jeong Hun Kim, Richard Um, Jonathan Liu, Japesh Patel, Eli Curry, Fariba Aghabaglou, Smruti Mahapatra, Ana Ainechi, Yohannes Tsehay, Jeff Ehresman, Brian Hwang, Betty Tyler, Rajiv Iyer, Nicholas Theodore, Amir Manbachi

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Proceedings Volume 11601, Medical Imaging 2021: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications; 116010U (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580995
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Efficiency and patient safety are top priorities in any surgical operation. One effective way to achieve these objectives is automating many of the logistical and routine tasks that occur in the operating room. Inspired by smart assistant technology already commonplace in the consumer sector, we engineered the Smart Hospital Assistant (SHA), a smart, voice-controlled virtual assistant that handles natural speech recognition while executing a plurality of functions to aid surgery. Simulated surgeries showed that the SHA reduced operating time, optimized surgical staff resources, and reduced the number of major touch points that can lead to surgical site infections. The SHA not only shows its potential in the operating room, but also in other healthcare environments that may benefit from having virtual smart assistant technology.

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Jeong Hun Kim, Richard Um, Jonathan Liu, Japesh Patel, Eli Curry, Fariba Aghabaglou, Smruti Mahapatra, Ana Ainechi, Yohannes Tsehay, Jeff Ehresman, Brian Hwang, Betty Tyler, Rajiv Iyer, Nicholas Theodore, and Amir Manbachi "Development of a Smart Hospital Assistant: integrating artificial intelligence and a voice-user interface for improved surgical outcomes", Proc. SPIE 11601, Medical Imaging 2021: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications, 116010U (15 February 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580995

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