artificial intelligence Clinical leaders at NHS Cheshire & Merseyside integrated care board have been using machine learning to help surgeons prioritise waiting lists, taking away the bureaucratic burden of sifting through paperwork and freeing up consultants’ time to clear their backlogs more quickly, in a scheme adopted by 25 health trusts around England.
Of 100 high-risk respiratory patients, surgeons would expect around 12 per cent to develop a chest infection at some point during or post-op, but the trust did not see any. That includes finding patients who disproportionately deteriorate while they wait, such as those who have chest disease, or some COPD, or asthma, even those who are possibly a bit overweight.
“That recovery was due to health coaching I received. The hospital contacted me about five weeks before my operation and asked me if I would like to speak to coaches.