AI tool may help doctors, but sample size too small
NPR > Global Health This AI tool promises a 'second pair of eyes' to clinicians. By Joseph Kim Thursday, July 23, 2026 • 7:36 AM EDT A 4-month-old boy comes into the clinic with a fever and a stuffy nose. Then a yellow box pops up on her computer telling her to check his heart — because his heart rate is elevated.
- ▪NPR > Global Health This AI tool promises a 'second pair of eyes' to clinicians.
- ▪By Joseph Kim Thursday, July 23, 2026 • 7:36 AM EDT A 4-month-old boy comes into the clinic with a fever and a stuffy nose.
- ▪Then a yellow box pops up on her computer telling her to check his heart — because his heart rate is elevated.
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NPR > Global Health This AI tool promises a 'second pair of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit? By Joseph Kim Thursday, July 23, 2026 • 7:36 AM EDT A 4-month-old boy comes into the clinic with a fever and a stuffy nose. Vyonne Njeri thinks it's just a cold. Then a yellow box pops up on her computer telling her to check his heart — because his heart rate is elevated. Njeri is a registered clinical officer in Nairobi, Kenya; she sees patients on her own like a nurse practitioner. When she listens with a stethoscope she hears a whoosh — a sign that the infant could have a congenital heart defect. "That's something I would have missed on any other day," Njeri says of the visit a few months ago.
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