{"id":4071,"date":"2023-07-28T09:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T09:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/?post_type=article&p=4071"},"modified":"2023-12-06T07:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T07:59:38","slug":"life-and-death-at-the-hands-of-science","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/innovationisrael.org.il\/en\/article\/life-and-death-at-the-hands-of-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Life and Death at the Hands of Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A patient in the intensive care unit is often sedated and on respiratory systems to enable easier care and to stabilize his condition. Occasionally, following several days of treatment, his medical condition may deteriorate, a process which may unfortunately end with his death or with significant long-term damage. The clinicians responsible for his care may not always discern the first signs of deterioration, however, if the patient is connected to a system developed by the Intensix Corporation, it will identify and warn of this risk and immediate care may be rendered, thereby saving his life. Intensix’s system gathers and monitors the clinical information on the patient’s medical condition \u2013 blood pressure, pulse, acidity level, oxygen saturation, laboratory data and others \u2013 and provides the doctors with real-time alerts about any deterioration in the patient’s condition. The system is designed to present a complete and clear situation report on each patient and to identify the patterns of deterioration internalized by the system using machine learning technologies. The situation report will help doctors provide the patients with the appropriate medical treatment, that in turn, will not only reduce the duration of the patient’s stay in the intensive care unit but will also enable his release in an improved condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The highest rate of patient fatality is in the hospital intensive care units and stands at approximately 30 percent. The reason for this is the critical condition of the patients and their rapid deterioration”, explains Gal Solomon, CEO of the Intensix <\/strong>Corporation that he founded in 2015 together with his partner Avigdor Faians. “The deterioration can stem from different reasons however the majority of deaths result from a multiple organ system failure, cardiological and respiratory problems and infections. The big-data system that we have developed is an analytic system that analyzes the patients’ clinical information and is capable of reducing the number of cases of fatalities caused by these factors. We use analytical mathematic capabilities to identify patterns of deterioration, and our system rapidly analyzes vast amounts of data for each particular situation. Time is critical in the intensive care unit. The earlier the professionals identify the deterioration \u2013 the better the chances of saving the patient’s life. Every twenty minutes, the risk of death increases by twenty percent.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n