Dell Technologies and Northwestern University School of Medicine are using AI to innovate and enhance patient care for significant advances in medicine, including the development and evaluation of generative multimodal large language models (LLMs) for interpreting chest X-rays.
Northwestern Medicine embarked on a project to use artificial intelligence to improve patient care while reducing the intensity of physician careers. Costs and limited technical capacity reduce the ability of healthcare providers to make rapid progress. Northwestern University School of Medicine partnered with Dell's AI Innovation Lab to design and test a workflow solution and then deploy it into its own IT environment, achieving a major milestone: a multimodal LLM that generates draft X-ray reports to help physicians make decisions.
"Technologies such as artificial intelligence have the power to accelerate innovation that drives human progress. "Healthcare is a prime example of how technology can make an impact and help save lives," said Jeff Boudreau, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Dell Technologies. "By combining Dell's technology with Northwestern Medicine's expertise, we are setting a new standard for AI-driven healthcare solutions. ”
Led by Dr. Mozziyar Etemadi, Senior Technical Medical Director at Northwestern Medicine, the R&D team at Northwestern Medical Information Services is currently working on several projects that will use Dell's AI technology and push the boundaries of healthcare innovation further, including a significantly improved version of the multimodal LLM for radiology reporting and a predictive model for the entire electronic medical record.
"In healthcare, there's no room for error, and there's so much that can be done. When we think about what AI can do, we don't just see the technology itself, we see that it will have a positive impact on many patients and lives. Dr. Etemadi said. "Our partnership with Dell marks a major step forward for the industry in directly creating and applying transformative technology solutions that directly impact patient care and improve outcomes. ”
The platform builds on Northwestern Medicine's existing secure, hosted infrastructure, giving Northwestern the confidence to rapidly advance AI initiatives for innovative patient care.