AIMS MEDICAL has contributed to the scientific article “A Comparative Study of the Psychometrics and Feasibility of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Versus the Standard Screening Methods for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Older Adults: A Scoping Review”, published in the international journal Dysphagia.
The study, led by Cristina Amadó and involving several researchers affiliated with AIMS MEDICAL, analyses and compares the psychometric properties and feasibility of conventional clinical screening methods for oropharyngeal dysphagia with artificial intelligence-based solutions.
The review included 41 studies and identified 99 screening methods. The findings show that conventional clinical tools may provide good diagnostic performance, but their implementation requires time, specific training and healthcare resources. In comparison, artificial intelligence-based solutions demonstrated comparable overall psychometric performance, together with significant advantages in terms of speed, automation, reliability and scalability.
Among the technologies evaluated was AIMS-OD, the solution developed by AIMS MEDICAL to automatically identify the risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia using routinely collected electronic health record data.
The study highlights the high reliability of AIMS-OD and its ability to perform screening in less than one second, without requiring direct healthcare professional involvement during this initial risk-identification stage.
These findings support the potential of artificial intelligence to facilitate early, systematic and large-scale screening of hospitalized older patients. Patients identified as being at risk should subsequently undergo an appropriate clinical swallowing assessment.
This publication reinforces AIMS MEDICAL’s commitment to generating scientific evidence and developing responsible artificial intelligence solutions designed to support the early detection of health conditions.
Read the full article:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-026-10963-2