“ My particular interest is trying to help people filter through this onslaught of information that we have in healthcare nowadays . We ’ re getting into a situation where too much information is almost as bad as not enough , because there ’ s so much distracting stuff going on .”
To resolve this , AI can help to highlight the most important bits of data . “ This is what I think the best role of AI is - pointing us in the right direction and saying ‘ look here ’ s something important ’, to prevent us from getting distracted by the massive amount of data available .”
One such area is predictive analytics , “ where you might see that the patient is likely to deteriorate before it happens . Then you can put something in place to address this .”
“ We ’ re currently designing an AI system for people in the community with diabetes . We can see people over years that might develop diabetes but hopefully with AI we can detect this before they develop it , or if they do , pick this up before they develop complications that can be really life-altering , and try to stop that progression .”
As a result of Covid-19 the hospital trust has deployed AI ’ s predictive
“ If you ’ re directing humans to where they can be most useful , that aspect of helping you prioritise is a brilliant use of AI , and will hopefully save us a lot of time ”
— Dr Tom Lawton MBE , Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia
41 healthcareglobal . com