AITRICS VitalCare vs CLEW Medical (2026)
The two most transparent vendors in inpatient deterioration, publishing different halves of what a buyer needs. AITRICS published the first subgroup performance reporting located in this category, names its architecture plainly and targets the general ward, where patients are observed intermittently and deterioration is most often missed. CLEW publishes the operating characteristics of its cleared models in a public regulatory document and produced the first study comparing model output against what clinicians actually did, which is this category's defining failure and one nobody else has measured. Between them they define the disclosure standard for the lane. Ask each for what the other publishes, and both for alerts per patient day, because a model nobody can act on at volume is not deployable regardless of its numbers.
- It publishes the first subgroup performance reporting located for any vendor in this category, and names its architecture rather than calling it proprietary.
- The general ward is the stated focus, which is the harder detection problem because ward patients are observed intermittently.
- Development and external validation are published under full conflict disclosure, which is rare in this lane.
- It publishes the operating characteristics of its cleared models in a public regulatory document, so sensitivity and specificity are readable rather than asserted.
- The cleared indications carry an explicit adjunctive constraint, which bounds what a hospital may build on top of them.
- It produced the first direct measurement of this category's defining failure, comparing model output against what clinicians actually did.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. AITRICS VitalCare and CLEW Medical are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | AITRICS VitalCare | CLEW Medical |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Inpatient Deterioration & Risk Monitoring | Inpatient Deterioration & Risk Monitoring |
| Headquarters | Seoul, Republic of Korea | Netanya, Israel |
| Website | aitrics.com | clewmed.com |
Side by Side
Each record in one paragraph
Written to be quoted whole. Each paragraph states what the AI Health Index verified about the vendor, with the caveats attached. Generated from this pair’s live capability grades, so it moves when a grade moves.
The AI Health Index awards AITRICS VitalCare its top capability grade on AI Centrality. Set against CLEW Medical, AITRICS VitalCare does not grade higher on any scored axis, though the two are level on several axes, including AI Centrality, Autonomy and Oversight Model and Model and Technology Transparency. Grades reflect evidence the AI Health Index could verify at the last review, so a low grade records disclosure the vendor has not published rather than a capability it has been shown to lack.
Source: AI Health Index, August 2026
The AI Health Index awards CLEW Medical its top capability grade on AI Centrality and FDA and Regulatory Status. Set against AITRICS VitalCare, CLEW Medical grades higher on several axes, including AI Safety and PHI Stewardship, FDA and Regulatory Status and AI Liability and Recourse. Grades reflect evidence the AI Health Index could verify at the last review, so a low grade records disclosure the vendor has not published rather than a capability it has been shown to lack.
Source: AI Health Index, August 2026
Questions buyers ask
Should we choose AITRICS VitalCare or CLEW Medical?
The AI Health Index grades CLEW Medical higher than AITRICS VitalCare on every axis that separates them, several axes, including AI Safety and PHI Stewardship, FDA and Regulatory Status and AI Liability and Recourse. AITRICS VitalCare does not grade higher on any scored axis.
Where do AITRICS VitalCare and CLEW Medical differ most?
The widest separation the AI Health Index records between AITRICS VitalCare and CLEW Medical is on AI Safety and PHI Stewardship, where AITRICS VitalCare grades C and CLEW Medical grades B. That axis sits in the AI Capability group, so it should carry the most weight for a buyer whose binding constraint is how much of the work the model itself is trusted to do.
Where do AITRICS VitalCare and CLEW Medical grade the same?
The AI Health Index grades AITRICS VitalCare and CLEW Medical the same on several axes, including AI Centrality, Autonomy and Oversight Model and Model and Technology Transparency. Neither holds an advantage the index can evidence on those axes, so they should not carry weight in a selection between these two.
Related comparisons
Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Inpatient Deterioration & Risk Monitoring page.
These are the two most transparent records in deterioration and they are transparent about different things, one about fairness and architecture and the other about operating characteristics and clinician response, so a buyer should ask each for what the other publishes. Regulatory scopes are not equivalent: AITRICS holds a United States clearance that does not cover the product marketed elsewhere, and CLEW's models are explicitly adjunctive. Neither publishes an alert burden per patient day, which determines whether either survives a working ward.