Research

We deploy a data driven and clinically focused approach to building rigorous healthcare AI. Our solutions are designed based on our clinical experience and informed by years of research across diverse topics. This is an index of our team's peer-reviewed publications:

Evaluation of falls detected by natural language processing algorithm and not coded external cause of morbidity

JAMIA Open• 2025

Daniel J Hekman, A. Maru, Hanna J. Barton +5

Research

Evaluation of falls detected by natural language processing algorithm and not coded external cause of morbidity

Using natural language processing to determine factors associated with high-quality feedback

Strategies for evaluating predictive models: examples and implications based on a natural language processing model used to assess operative performance feedback

Machine Learning to Identify Physician Actions Associated with Patient Experience of Compassion.

Balancing Efficiency and Empathy: Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on AI-Supported Workflows for Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department

Evaluating Spanish Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions by a Large Language Model: Tool Validation and Reliability Study

202. Targeting Clostridioides difficile Infection Prevention Efforts with Artificial Intelligence

Designing and Implementing Human-Centered AI: Comparing and Contrasting Approaches for Clinician and Patient Users

Predicting hospital admission at emergency department triage using machine learning

Natural Language Processing and Assessment of Resident Feedback Quality.

Teaching artificial intelligence as a fundamental toolset of medicine

Using Natural Language Processing to Automatically Assess Feedback Quality: Findings From 3 Surgical Residencies

Natural Language Processing to Estimate Clinical Competency Committee Ratings.

Clostridioides difficile infection surveillance in intensive care units and oncology wards using machine learning

Geriatric End-of-Life Screening Tool Prediction of 6-Month Mortality in Older Patients

The Impact of Emergency Department Census on the Decision to Admit

Predicting 72-hour and 9-day return to the emergency department using machine learning

FDA-Authorized AI/ML Tool for Sepsis Prediction: Development and Validation

Pan‐Cancer Survival Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in a National Healthcare System

Automatable end‐of‐life screening for older adults in the emergency department using electronic health records

Association of Gender and Operative Feedback Quality in Surgical Residents.

Machine Learning in Emergency Medicine: Keys to Future Success

Prolonged Emergency Department Stays for Older US Adults.

Guiding Clostridioides difficile Infection Prevention Efforts in a Hospital Setting With AI

Emergency physician resource utilization varies by years of experience

Discharge instruction comprehension by older adults in the emergency department: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Patients Evaluated and Discharged From the Waiting Room Do Not Have a Higher Rate of 72-Hour Returns – A Retrospective Observational Study

Cognitive Interviews With Emergency Physicians to Understand Disposition Decisions With People With Dementia With Borderline Cases

Root Cause Analysis of Delayed Emergency Department Computed Tomography Scans

Operational outcomes of community-to-academic emergency department patient transfers.

From bedside‐to‐model: Designing clinical prediction rules for implementation

Characterizing Acute Pulmonary Embolism Cases Diagnosed at an Emergency Department Revisit Using a Statewide Clinical Registry.

Evaluating the Accuracy of Google Translate in Emergency Department Discharge Instructions.

End‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study

“The 4D Approach”—An Effective Strategy to Improve Emergency Department Boarding and Operational Outcomes

Interpretability of an FDA-authorized AI/ML sepsis diagnostic tool improved by SHAP values

Health Systems Govern Only the Tip of the AI Iceberg

Disposition at Equipoise: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians' Decision‐Making About Hospitalizing People With Dementia

Co‐Design of a Sleep Improvement Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia Boarding in the Emergency Department

A clinical environment simulator for dynamic AI evaluation.

Patient Experience of Clinician Compassion Is Associated With Healthcare System Distrust Among Emergency Department Patients

Recruiting People With Dementia in Emergency Research: Insights From Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research 2.0 Network ( GEAR 2.0) Pilot Studies

Modeling Hourly Productivity of Advanced Practice Clinicians in the Emergency Department

Emergency department volume metrics and the association with falls

Waiting on the Urine: The Impact of Delayed Urine Collection on Length of Stay in the Emergency Department

Compassionate care in the emergency department: A narrative review and blueprint for future inquiry.

Comparable Outcomes in Suspected Septic Shock: A Retrospective Study of Emergency Department Patients With and Without Bacteremia.

Advance Care Planning Engagement of Older Adults in the Emergency Department

Marginal Dispositions and Shared Decision‐Making Among Older Adults in the ED: A Prospective Cohort Study

Exploring Patients' Perceptions of an Advance Care Planning Intervention in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study

Sleep Interruptions Among Older Adults Admitted to the Hospital

Digitalizing English-language CT Interpretation for Positive Haemorrhage Evaluation Reporting: the DECIPHER study

Prognostic awareness of seriously ill older adults in the emergency department

Bilateral Choroidal Detachments Associated with Perinuclear Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (P-ANCA) – Associated Vasculitis

17. Comparative Assessment of a Machine Learning Model and Rectal Swab Surveillance to Predict Hospital Onset Clostridioides difficile

276 Predicting Emergency Department Patient Throughput Times Utilizing Machine Learning

External Validation of a Widely Implemented Proprietary Sepsis Prediction Model in Hospitalized Patients.

Automating risk stratification for geriatric syndromes in the emergency department

Disparities Associated With Electronic Behavioral Alerts for Safety and Violence Concerns in the Emergency Department.

Dementia risk analysis using temporal event modeling on a large real-world dataset

The association between day of arrival, time of arrival, daily volume and the rate of patients that "left without being seen".

Dynamic prediction of work status for workers with occupational injuries: assessing the value of longitudinal observations

Prospective evaluation of data-driven models to predict daily risk of Clostridioides difficile infection at 2 large academic health centers

Characterizing malpractice cases involving emergency department advanced practice providers, physicians in training, and attending physicians

Development of a Novel Emergency Department Quality Measure to Reduce Very Low-Risk Syncope Hospitalizations.

Patterns of Care Partner Communication for Persons Living with Dementia in the Emergency Department.

Advance Care Planning Billing Claims by Emergency Physicians.

Not All Testers are Admitters: An Analysis of Emergency Physician Resource Utilization and Consultation Rates.

Practice as you Teach: Comparing Ordering Practices Between Shared and Physician-Only Visits in Academically Affiliated Community Emergency Departments.

Updating Clinical Risk Stratification Models Using Rank-Based Compatibility: Approaches for Evaluating and Optimizing Clinician-Model Team Performance

Does the number of pages received per hour affect resident productivity?

Analysis of Time-to-Disposition Intervals During Early and Late Parts of a Shift

Impact of Shared Visits with Midlevel Providers or Residents on Resource Use and Admission Rate

Modeling Advanced Practice Provider Productivity in the Emergency Department

354 Impact of Shared Visits With Midlevel Providers or Residents on Resource Use and Admission Rate

Establishment of SEP-1 national practice guidelines does not impact fluid administration for septic shock patients.

Prospective evaluation of data-driven models to predict daily risk of Clostridioides difficile infection at 2 large academic health centers – ERRATUM

Automated multilabel diagnosis on electrocardiographic images and signals

Early identification of patients admitted to hospital for covid-19 at risk of clinical deterioration: model development and multisite external validation study