AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses

Researchers say results mark a really ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’

The Guardian
A Harvard #study found that #AIsystems #outperformed #humandoctors in #emergencymedicine #triage. However, the study only tested #humans against #AIs looking at #patientdata that can be communicated via text, and the AI’s reading of signals, such as the patient’s level of distress and their visual appearance, were not tested. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/30/ai-outperforms-doctors-in-harvard-trial-of-emergency-triage-diagnoses?eicker.news #tech #media #news
AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses

Researchers say results mark a really ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’

The Guardian
Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
A triage nurse who assessed Heather Winterstein hours before she died of sepsis in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital says she had little time with the 24-year-old, telling a coroner’s inquest the emergency department staff were overwhelmingly busy. "Nurses are burned out. Nurses are exhausted,” And...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-nurse-9.7158668?cmp=rss
Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
A triage nurse who assessed Heather Winterstein hours before she died of sepsis in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital says she had little time with the 24-year-old, telling a coroner’s inquest the emergency department staff were overwhelmingly busy. "Nurses are burned out. Nurses are exhausted,” And...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-nurse-9.7158668?cmp=rss
Nurse says she looked at woman ‘3 to 5 seconds,’ staff overwhelmed before sepsis death at Ontario hospital
A triage nurse who assessed Heather Winterstein hours before she died of sepsis in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital says she had little time with the 24-year-old, telling a coroner’s inquest the emergency department staff were overwhelmingly busy. "Nurses are burned out. Nurses are exhausted,” Andrea ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-nurse-9.7158668?cmp=rss
Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
A triage nurse who assessed Heather Winterstein hours before she died of sepsis in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital says she had little time with the 24-year-old, telling a coroner’s inquest the emergency department staff were overwhelmingly busy. "Nurses are burned out. Nurses are exhausted,” And...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-nurse-9.7158668?cmp=rss
Medical expert defends doctor's assessment of Heather Winterstein before she died in St. Catharines hospital
Heather Winterstein didn't show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-medical-expert-9.7156248?cmp=rss
Medical expert defends doctor's assessment of Heather Winterstein before she died in St. Catharines hospital
Heather Winterstein didn't show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-medical-expert-9.7156248?cmp=rss
Medical expert defends doctor’s assessment of woman before she died of sepsis in Ontario hospital
Heather Winterstein didn't show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/winterstein-inquest-medical-expert-9.7156248?cmp=rss