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HOMEGROWN AI EYECARE INNOVATION BACKED TO BECOME‘ GAME-CHANGER’ FOR NHS STAFF AND PATIENTS

A formal NHS Scotland partner has welcomed the prospect of eyecare waiting times being cut thanks to new Artificial Intelligence( AI) innovation, calling it‘ a real showcase of homegrown expertise’.

Edinburgh-based Eye to the Future’ s clinical software support tools are designed to help optometrists optimise referrals to hospital eye services during a critical period which has seen NHS ophthalmology waiting lists grow by 138 % since 2012.

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