January 5, 2025 5:15 PM

AI can spot patients at risk for suicide, finds study

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors identify patients at risk for suicide, potentially improving prevention efforts in routine medical settings, according to new research. The research, reported in the journal JAMA Network Open, compared two approaches — automatic pop-up alerts that interrupted the doctor's workflow versus a more passive system that simply displayed risk information in the patient's electronic chart. The team found that the interruptive alerts were far more effecti...