Sometimes we seem to talk of little else at the ‘innovation’ end of healthcare.
For some years now, AI has been seen as the biggest lever the NHS can pull to address its biggest challenges: demand; diagnosis backlogs; getting to the patients most in need fastest; and allowing them access, better communication, and even enhanced outcomes.
My recent articles for this publication have looked at the ‘three shifts’ proposed by Health Secretary Wes Streeting. We’ve had treatment to prevention. There’s hospital to community. And the third one is analogue to digital. And when there’s a digital element being discussed as transformative in the NHS – the chances are it’ll be an AI tool.
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