Lower Keys Medical Center Offers New Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology

3/28/2024

AI-assisted applications continue to enhance healthcare technologies. Lower Keys Medical Center will now be utilizing an AI-assisted endoscopy device that helps doctors identify colorectal polyps during procedures, such as colonoscopies. AI technology recognizes visual characteristics associated with abnormalities and highlights areas of concern on the screen, allowing doctors to more easily locate them before polyps become cancerous. The physician can then determine if the abnormality is a polyp and whether or not to remove it during the procedure.

"According to the American Cancer Society, the risk of developing colorectal cancer over a lifetime is 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women," said Orlando Lopez-Roman, M.D., FACG, AGAF, board-certified gastroenterologist with Keys Medical Group. "Early detection is key to treating colorectal cancer."

“Investing in this new technology enhances the care our patients receive and can improve outcomes. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so this new service begins at an ideal time,” said David Clay, chief executive officer at Lower Keys Medical Center. “We are committed to investing in services that further our mission to ‘help people get well and live healthier’.”

Colonoscopies are the optimal and most common screening for colorectal cancer. Current guidelines recommend that individuals at average risk for colorectal cancer schedule a colonoscopy at age 45.

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