Development of an Automated Triage System for Longstanding Dizzy Patients Using Artificial Intelligence

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2024-09-27
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Objective: To report the first steps of a project to automate and optimize scheduling of multidisciplinary consultations for patients with longstanding dizziness utilizing artificial intelligence.

Study design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: Quaternary referral center.

Methods: A previsit self-report questionnaire was developed to query patients about their complaints of longstanding dizziness. We convened an expert panel of clinicians to review diagnostic outcomes for 98 patients and used a consensus approach to retrospectively determine what would have been the ideal appointments based on the patient's final diagnoses. These results were then compared retrospectively to the actual patient schedules. From these data, a machine learning algorithm was trained and validated to automate the triage process.

Results: Compared with the ideal itineraries determined retrospectively with our expert panel, visits scheduled by the triage clinicians showed a mean concordance of 70%, and our machine learning algorithm triage showed a mean concordance of 79%.

Conclusion: Manual triage by clinicians for dizzy patients is a time-consuming and costly process. The formulated first-generation automated triage algorithm achieved similar results to clinicians when triaging dizzy patients using data obtained directly from an online previsit questionnaire.

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Romero-Brufau S, Macielak RJ, Staab JP, et al. Development of an Automated Triage System for Longstanding Dizzy Patients Using Artificial Intelligence. OTO Open. 2024;8(3):e70006. Published 2024 Sep 27. doi:10.1002/oto2.70006
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