CanadaHealthcare and life sciences2025 – ongoingVancouver Coastal Health
RapidAI stroke CT analysis at Coastal hospitals
Vancouver Coastal Health reported RapidAI processed stroke CT scans in 3–5 minutes
Problem
Patients at Coastal hospitals needed transfer to Vancouver General Hospital for clot-removal procedures. Local emergency physicians and the specialist stroke team had to review scans quickly to decide who should travel.
Approach
Vancouver Coastal Health implemented RapidAI at Lions Gate, Sechelt and qathet hospitals. The software analyzed CT scans for clots and affected brain tissue. Physicians could review the resulting images through secure mobile software.
Results
Takeaway
The deployment connected local imaging with specialist transfer decisions. Vancouver Coastal Health did not disclose a measured reduction in treatment time for these hospitals.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The report, attributed to Vancouver Coastal Health, confirmed RapidAI implementation at the Coastal hospitals. It gave scan processing times and described secure image sharing with physicians.
Full details are in the original sources.