Medical Xpress October 23, 2024
Experts have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately anticipate which patients will require emergency hospital admissions across Scotland.
Researchers employed machine learning to develop an update for the first time in 12 years for a tool used by health care providers to highlight individuals at high risk of urgent hospital care within the next year.
In tests they found that SPARRAv4—Scottish Patients At Risk of Readmission and Admission version 4—is better able to identify emergency admissions than the previous version.
Researchers say the AI-powered update will help health care providers in Scotland anticipate and plan more effectively for emergency cases and manage health care resources more efficiently. The research is published in the journal npj Digital...
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