A University of Michigan Startup · Weil Institute Research
The peer-reviewed science behind PreSense.
PreSense is a University of Michigan startup. PICTURE, our 30-hour early warning engine, was licensed from the University of Michigan Weil Institute and now powers our 8-role AI hospital platform.
Publications
Critical Care Medicine · 2023External validation and comparison of a general ward deterioration index between diversely different health systemsCummings BC, Blackmer JM, Motyka JR, et al. Critical Care Medicine · 2022Predicting Intensive Care Transfers and Unforeseen Events in Pediatric Inpatients (PICTURE-Peds)Stevens M, Cummings B, Ansari S, Blackmer J, Daniels R JMIR Medical Informatics · 2021Predicting intensive care transfers and other unforeseen events: analytic model validation study and comparison to existing methodsCummings BC, Ansari S, Motyka JR, et al. medRxiv preprint · 2020Validation and comparison of PICTURE analytic and Epic Deterioration Index for COVID-19Cummings BC, Ansari S, Motyka JR, et al. Journal of Biomedical Informatics · 2020Demonstrating the consequences of learning missingness patterns in early warning systems for preventative health careGillies CE, Taylor DF, Cummings BC, Ansari S, et al.Patents
Granted · US11587677B2Method of Predicting Patient Deterioration Granted · US11961621Adaptive Threshold Tuning for Clinical Decision SupportPending2 further patents pending
In the press
The Hindu · Nov 25, 2025Hyderabad hospital launches AI-powered early warning system for continuous patient monitoring Metro India · Nov 26, 2025KIMS Hospital launches AI based Early Warning System University of Michigan · 2024Weil Institute's PICTURE licensed to U-M startup PreSense HealthPut all 8 AI hospital roles behind every bed.
See ER triage, 30-hour early warning, pharmacy safety, theatre coordination and bill reconciliation live in 20 minutes.