"Hospitals in England are using articificial intelligence to help cut waiting times in emergency departments this winter. The prediction algorithm is trained on historical data including weather trends, school holidays, and rates of flu and Covidto determine how many people are likely to visit A&E. The government said the technology allowed healthcare staff to do the things that they're trained to do, rather than having to be bound down by bureaucratic processes."
"although you can have some analytical evidence that Saturday nights might be busier than a Tuesday night, for example, and the winter might be busier than the summer, unless you have a heatwave, of course. It [the forecasting tool] helps us to [predict] how busy their A&E departments are going to be. If you put that into context and see seasonal trends, along with how busy days are going to be, you can then put your resources in the right place."
Hospitals in England are using an A&E forecasting tool based on artificial intelligence to predict emergency department demand. The algorithm is trained on historical data including weather trends, school holidays, and rates of flu and Covidto estimate likely patient numbers. Forecasts allow trusts to plan staffing, deploy consultants and nursing staff to busiest departments, and manage bed availability by freeing beds further down the pipeline. The tool is available to all NHS trusts in England and about 50 organisations are already using it. Government representatives state the technology modernises NHS operations, reduces bureaucratic burdens, and helps target resources where they are needed most.
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