Early prediction and timely decision-making of acute diseases are critical to enabling early intervention and
improving clinical outcomes (for example, a sepsis patient may benefit from a 4% higher chance of survival
if diagnosed 1 hour earlier). Developing machine learning (ML) models for clinical decision-making on
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) presents several significant challenges: 1) existing models are trained
mostly on EHR data from intensive care units (ICUs), which are not generalizable for sepsis onsets in
emergency rooms and hospital wards; 2) most existing tools simply output prediction result as a risk score,
without sufficient explanation or confidence interval for it, which is not trustworthy for physicians; 3) existing
systems often ignore the human workflow by neither providing actionable insights to physicians nor
enabling interactive explorations from physicians, which limits their clinical usages.
To address these challenges, we propose a Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) system to
collaborate with human domain experts in the high-stake and high-uncertainty decision-making process.
Specifically, we 1) create a deidentified database with complete visits and long-term EHR history for
patients with sepsis risk; 2) develop early sepsis risk prediction models with uncertainty quantification and
active sensing; 3) design and implement a physician-centered AI prediction module and user interface for
early sepsis human-AI decision making; and 4) design and conduct controlled usability evaluations to
quantitatively and qualitatively measure the clinical outcome and user satisfaction.
This project integrates human-AI collaboration design, novel ML algorithms, and data visualization tools for
improving early prediction and decision-making for sepsis, which hold great promise for leading new
insights into human-AI systems for clinical decision support.
RELEVANCE (See instructions):
Sepsis, which can be caused by bacteria, fungi, or in the case of COVID-19, a virus, is a life-threatening
condition with high mortality rates and expensive treatment costs. This project will develop a physician-
centered deep-learning algorithm to predict sepsis onset and a user interface for effective human-AI
collaboration. As a result, this work relates to the mission of the NIAID and will make a relevant public
health impact by delivering early, life-saving care to the bedside of sepsis patients, and will lead to a useful
clinical decision support tool for physicians.
Public Health Relevance Statement
Data not available.
NIH Spending Category
No NIH Spending Category available.
Project Terms
Accident and Emergency departmentAcute DiseaseAcute Renal Failure with Renal Papillary NecrosisAddressAlgorithm DesignAlgorithmsArticulationArtificial IntelligenceBacteriaCOVID-19CaringClinicalClinical Decision Support SystemsCodeCollaborationsCommunitiesConfidence IntervalsCritical CareDataData SetDatabasesDeath RateDecision MakingDevelopmentDiagnosisDocumentationEarly InterventionEducational process of instructingEffectivenessElectronic Health RecordEmergency MedicineEvaluationExpert SystemsFutureHospitalizationHospitalsHourHumanInstructionIntensive Care UnitsInternshipsLifeMachine LearningMeasuresMedicalMedicineMethodologyMissionModelingMyocardial InfarctionNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseaseOutcomeOutputPatientsPhysiciansProceduresProcessPublic HealthRecommendationRecording of previous eventsRecordsResearchRiskSchoolsSepsisSystemTestingTrainingTreatment CostUncertaintyUnderrepresented StudentsVirusVisitVisualizationVisualization softwareWorkbiomedical informaticsclinical applicationclinical decision supportclinical decision-makingclinical outcome measuresclinical practicecomputer human interactioncomputer sciencedata de-identificationdata visualizationdeep learningdeep learning algorithmdesignelectronic health record systemexperimental studyexplainable artificial intelligencefungusgraduate studentimprovedinnovationinsightintelligent algorithmmachine learning algorithmmachine learning modelnovelopen sourceoutreachpredictive modelingprogramsrisk prediction modelsatisfactionseptic patientssupport toolstooltrustworthinessundergraduate studentusabilityuser-friendlyward
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
CFDA Code
855
DUNS Number
832127323
UEI
DLWBSLWAJWR1
Project Start Date
17-July-2024
Project End Date
31-May-2028
Budget Start Date
17-July-2024
Budget End Date
31-May-2025
Project Funding Information for 2024
Total Funding
$300,000
Direct Costs
$227,241
Indirect Costs
$72,759
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
2024
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
$150,000
2024
NIH Office of the Director
$150,000
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
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