Medical errors are still harming patients. AI could help change that.

Despite these attempts, medication mistakes still occur with alarming regularity.

“I had read some studies that said basically 90% of anesthesiologists admit to having a medication error at some point in their career,” said Dr. Kelly Michaelsen, Wiederspan’s colleague at UW Medicine and an assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Washington. She started to wonder whether emerging technologies could help.

As both a medical professional and a trained…