GOLDEN BRIDGE II — AI That Changes What Happens After the Scan
📄 BMJ | March 20, 2026
The largest RCT of its kind just showed that AI-integrated clinical decision support reduces vascular events in stroke patients — not by reading scans faster, but by improving the entire care pathway.
📊 Key findings across 77 hospitals and 21,603 patients:
→ 27% relative reduction in new vascular events at 12 months (4.0% vs 5.5%; HR 0.73, P=0.02)
→ Higher guideline-adherence scores (91.4% vs 89.7%; P<.001)
→ No significant difference in disability or all-cause mortality
🧠 The takeaway: The next generation of stroke AI won’t just detect — it will orchestrate. Detection is table stakes. The platforms that move outcomes will integrate imaging, classification, and guideline-based recommendations into a single decision-support layer.
The question for every health system: what does your stroke AI stack actually do after it finds the clot?
🔗 PubMed: https://lnkd.in/gJmtsuRa
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