Geisinger, Eisai to Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Dementia
In collaboration with Eisai, Geisinger will study the ability of an artificial intelligence algorithm to detect the cognitive impairment associated with dementia.
Using Geisinger’s deidentified patient dataset, the organizations will test the abilities of an AI algorithm called Passive Digital Marker (PDM) to define cognitive impairment, which can lead to the identification of dementia-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Researchers from Purdue University and Indiana University created PDM, which is trained using structured and unstructured data from three EMR datasets: diagnosis, prescriptions, and medical notes.