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Mark Scrivens, FPT Software’ s UK CEO a key role in informing clinicians of emerging niche treatments.
Taking the example of orthopaedic care, a learning LLM can absorb the consultant’ s expert nuances, ensure awareness of emerging therapies, integrate patientspecific biomechanical data and ultimately improve detection and treatment outcomes for patients with complex bone and musculoskeletal conditions.
AI technology can also provide more proactive diagnosis and treatment in the areas of pain and trauma management, physiotheraphy, rehabilitation and fall prevention. By integrating patient-reported outcomes, biometrics and system data, it can help consultants to forecast episodes, recommend interventions and modify care plans to improve pain control, prevent injuries and optimise patient care.
How AI can enhance core consultant responsibilities
There are five ways in which AI can support the role of healthcare consultants:
1. Augmenting clinical decision-making. AI-driven decision support systems can provide junior doctors and consultants
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