01.18.2023

Machine Learning-Triggered Reminders Improve End-of-Life Care for Patients with Cancer

Electronic nudges delivered to health care clinicians based on a machine learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk quadrupled rates of conversations with patients about their end-of-life care preferences, according to the long-term results of a randomized clinical trial published by Penn Medicine investigators. The study also found that the machine learning-triggered reminders significantly decreased use of aggressive chemotherapy and other systemic therapies at end of life. 

Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2800545