New rapid test uses AI to diagnose COVID-19

Editor's Note

Surgisphere Corporation (Palatine, Illinois) on March 12 announced the availability of its new rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19 that uses artificial intelligence (AI).

With advanced machine learning, Surgisphere has developed an intelligent tool that uses three common lab tests to identify patients likely to have COVID-19 infection.

With its cloud-based healthcare data analytics platform (QuartzClinical), Surgisphere identified patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in five countries. The company then created a machine learning model using decision tree analysis and clinical and lab data on 430 patients to develop the decision support tool.

The test is now available for public use.