Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Primary Care company K Health has announced it has entered into a know-how agreement with Mayo Clinic on the development of a cardiac clinical AI solution with the intent to prevent premature deaths from heart disease and stroke. Image courtesy: K Health
January 4, 2024 — Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Primary Care company K Health has announced it has entered into a know-how agreement with Mayo Clinic to tackle the prevention and care of heart-related conditions. According to a statement issued by K Health will collaborate with Mayo Clinic cardiologists Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D., M.S., MBA, Chair of the Division of Preventive Cardiology, and Amir Lerman, M.D., Vice Chair of Research at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, on the development of a cardiac clinical AI solution with the intent to prevent premature deaths from heart disease and stroke.
The goal of the cardiac program is to use proprietary algorithms built by K Health to power advanced AI-ECG (AI-enhanced electrocardiography) technology, risk assessments, and remote patient monitoring, according to the statement. It further noted this is intended to help physicians personalize treatment for conditions such as hypertension and high cholesterol, or prevent them entirely. Drs. Lopez-Jimenez and Lerman will oversee the development and leverage their real-world insight to evaluate the accuracy and effectiveness.
K Health has licensed de-identified patient data from Mayo Clinic Platform to refine its AI models and develop new algorithms since 2020. The AI models used in this program seek to help physicians predict risk and optimal treatment by accounting for specific factors, such as gender, age, medical history, ethnicity, and more, reported the company.
“Our first step in reducing avoidable cardiovascular deaths was building a machine learning model to allow all hypertension patients to directly benefit from the Mayo Clinic standard of care,” said Ran Shaul, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of K Health. Shaul added, “We’re able to help physicians practice more personalized medicine by giving them instant information on their patients, and the know-how of Dr. Lopez-Jimenez and his team are key to bringing our vision of changing the course of heart disease to life.”
According to the World Health Organization, 80% of cardiovascular deaths can be prevented. Proper risk assessment and oversight are key to reducing the number of premature deaths.
K Health provides a 24/7 virtual primary care solution, available to millions of people in the United States through leading health systems and insurers, and through a direct-to-consumer mobile app. The New York-based company reports that its platform includes a medical chat and AI predictive models based on large datasets to help physicians optimize diagnosis and treatment, and focus on patient care.
The project is slated to begin in early 2024, reported the Jan. 3 announcement, which further added: Mayo Clinic has a financial interest in the technology referenced in this press release. Mayo Clinic will use any revenue it receives to support its not-for-profit mission in patient care, education and research.
More information: www.khealth.com
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