Medical malpractice stemming from radiology is a growing concern. Banner Health partnered with an artificial intelligence company, Viz.ai, to help diagnose and treat stroke patients faster. This technology will supposedly supplement the radiologist looking at the stroke patient’s imaging studies. Banner and Viz.ai believe it will help diagnose strokes faster than a radiologist could. According to Dr. Jeremy Payne, Director of the Stroke Center at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, the artificial intelligence scans CT imaging and notifies the doctors “where a stroke is happening, how much damage has been done and how much tissue is still salvageable before the patient has left the CT.” Dr. Payne further stated, “every second someone is having a stroke, we estimate 32 thousand brain cells are dying.”
Banner Health utilizes this technology at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, Banner Del Webb, and Banner Desert. More Banner hospitals will be added to the list within the next few months.
With the implementation of this technology across the Banner Health network, it remains to be seen if there will be issues or glitches with the system. If you or a loved one has suffered a stroke resulting from medical malpractice at Banner Health, contact the experienced medical malpractice lawyers at Snyder & Wenner, P.C. today.
