
Machine learning technology has been floated as a potential solution for South Australia's ramping crisis after a review found no evidence clinicians were being pressured to treat ambulance patients ahead of sicker patients in waiting rooms.
The state government commissioned the independent report in December after Dr David Pope, an emergency specialist doctor and president of the South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association, alleged health bureaucrats were intimidating hospital staff to inappropriately prioritise ambulance patients to reduce ramping statistics.