Medical errors are still harming patients. AI could help change that.

In the U.S. , medication errors injure approximately 1.3 million people a year and result in one death each day .

One of the most common categories of mistakes is medication errors, where for one reason or another, a patient is given either the wrong dose of a drug or the wrong drug altogether.

Device can scan the immediate environment for syringe and vial labels, read them and detect whether they match up.

Patient safety advocates have been calling for the implementation of error-preventing AI tools for some time.

The root cause of many medical errors is often a series of contributing factors, from lack of communication to vital data being compartmentalized within separate hospital departments or systems.

AI-powered wearable cameras are also being used in the emergency room and on the hospital floor to help prevent errors.

Many doctors in the operating room feel it has enormous potential to do good by buying medical professionals valuable time in critical situations.

But many who work in operating room say it can save time and save patients' lives.

AI could be expanded to monitor other aspects of clinician behavior, say experts.