Exec Chat: How Edwards Lifesciences Deploys AI, Remote Monitoring To Help Doctors Make Life-Critical Decisions

Edwards Lifesciences’ head of critical care expects that “smart recovery” AI-driven products will grow the fastest in its critical care unit, which is expected to reach $800m in total revenues for 2021.

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• Source: Edwards Lifesciences

ICU doctors and surgeons often need to analyze large volumes of complex heterogeneous data to make life-critical decisions for patients. Edwards Lifesciences’ corporate vice president and general manager of critical care, Katie Szyman, believes that the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will play an increasingly important role in helping doctors predict adverse outcomes before they happen, better manage patients and reduce complications.

Szyman recently sat down with Medtech Insight for a virtual interview to discuss how she and her team are using AI-driven minimally invasive and noninvasive tools in hemodynamic monitoring to...

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