Point-of-Care Echo Studies Improve Workflows

A new AI-powered point-of-care ultrasound software platform will now enable providers outside the hospital setting to bring improved care to underserved communities in South Florida.

AISAP has designed a form of point-of-care assistive diagnosis designed to empower clinicians to provide fast efficient diagnoses from the bedside. The organization is partnering with Amavita Heart and Vascular Health to deploy the software in screenings for aortic stenosis and other valvular diseases in its clinics, local skilled nursing facilities, and via mobile screening units in underserved communities with large minority populations.

Initial screenings through the community health program has enabled Amavita to detect significant valvular pathologies in more than 28% of the roughly 60 patients screened to date. Of note:

• Aortic stenosis was detected in 10.3% of scans

• Mitral valve regurgitation was detected in 17.9% of scans

• Tricuspid valve regurgitation was detected in 12.8% of scans

• Aortic valve regurgitation was detected in 2.6% of scans