MobiHealth News September 1, 2021
A University of Oxford-led study found the test safely triaged ED patients.
Researchers at the University of Oxford are seeking NHSX funding for an artificial intelligence (AI) COVID screening test.
Results of a three-month evaluation study at John Radcliffe Hospital found the CURIAL-Rapide test could screen emergency department (ED) patients at the bedside within 10 minutes, without needing a laboratory.
Results were available 45 minutes after patients arrived at the ED – 26% faster than with lateral flow tests (LFTs).
When compared against PCR testing, the AI test was more likely to identify COVID patients than LFTs and corrected ruled out the infection 99.7% of the time.
Collaborating with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS...
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