One of the four Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) currently active in Israel, Maccabi Healthcare Services, plans to deploy a system with AI-powered algorithm that can detect individuals estimated to be at the highest risk of severe COVID-19 complications by considering pre-existing conditions and other health factors. This new system has already identified the top 2% of highest-risk patients (approximately 40,000 people), following analysis of all Maccabi patients’ anonymized electronic health records (EHRs).Here, the algorithm considered the medical factors like age,respiratory disease(pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and influenza),hospital admission history,weight,BMI,heart diseases,etc.. to identifies high-risk patients.

The work is being done in partnership with the Medial EarlySign and the Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi Research and Innovation Institute.Medial EarlySign is a pioneer in AI and machine learning-based solutions for early detection and prevention of high-burden diseases.