Surgeons at Northumbria Healthcare are using AI "and hundreds of data points" to predict if patients are more or less likely to have complications after hip or knee ops.
Dr Justin Green and Professor Mike Reed have developed their own artificial intelligence model which creates a "personalised risk assessment" for patients ahead of surgery. The NHS Trust carries out more than 3,000 such procedures a year - and the new technology helps medics decide how to manage a patient's op and where it needs to take place.
Prof Reed said: “When I see a patient in clinic, they look me in the eye and ask, ‘Will I be all right?’ It’s very difficult to predict that, and I end up giving a fairly general answer. I hope this technology will give me a better indication about what was going to happen to those people."
