E-Mail IMAGE: A new tool using an artificial intelligence platform may help doctors better prepare patients for surgery. Mohammad Rahman, a Purdue University associate professor of management, and his team developed the... view more Credit: Purdue University/Mohammad Rahman WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new tool using an artificial intelligence platform may help doctors better prepare patients for surgery. Mohammad Rahman, a Purdue University associate professor of management, and his team developed the tool to help improve health care outcomes. They have received a Phase I SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation to support their work. "We created patent-pending algorithms that use artificial intelligence technology to help hospitals and doctors better treat patients," Rahman said. "Two big projects we are currently focused on are looking at improved peer-to-peer learning for doctors and quantifying how the comorbidities of patients influence their surgical outcomes."