Handwashing changed medicine. AI could too, if hospitals stop treating it like traditional software

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Fast Company — Technology at 21 Oct, 10:33 UTC

In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis asked the doctors in the Vienna maternity clinic where he worked to wash their hands in a chlorine solution before examining patients. Deaths on the ward fell from about 18% to about 2% within two months. In healthcare, small changes in practice can have disproportionately…

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• T2Handwashing changed medicine. AI could too, if hospitals stop treating it like traditional softwareFast Company — Technology21 Oct, 10:33