NHS heart experts are looking into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) program ChatGPT to write vital patient reports. They believe it could free up time and allow more people to be seen in clinics and hospitals.
ChatGPT is a free-to-use software that is already being used by students and office-workers to carry out certain tasks. According to Dr Samer Alabed, a cardiac radiologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the AI could be trained to interpret and write notes on heart scans. Reports usually take 45 minutes for radiologists to complete, and it is estimated that NHS clinicians dedicate 115,000 hours to create these heart scan reports per year. If ChatGPT could be used to take on this task, more time could be freed up to see more patients.
ChatGPT has the potential to do this in language which patients could easily understand without needing a doctor’s help to explain the results. Dr Alabed’s team is in the process of conducting a trial with a large group of heart disease patients to analyze the capabilities of AI. This is seen as the latest advancement in the area of AI being used by the NHS.
In December, AI software was used in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to analyze MRI scans of the heart. The AI program was able to complete the measurements in under a minute while 20 minutes would usually need to be dedicated for a clinician to undertake the same task. Doctors now aim to train ChatGPT to be more precise and accurate in order to make the diagnosis results reliable for the patients.
The company behind ChatGPT AI is ChatGPT Limited, a technology company that offers conversational AI solutions for both consumer and enterprise products. The team behind ChatGPT consists of professional engineers and scientists, whose knowledge and experience allows them to develop innovative and superior AI technologies. ChatGPT Limited is one of the innovators of AI right now, automating complex conversations and tasks with users.
Dr. Samer Alabed is a cardiac radiologist with over 14 years of experience in imaging. He has published extensively in the field of cardiovascular CT and MRI and presented at national and international meetings. He has a proven track record in researching and developing AI for imaging analysis, and is now leading the research to use ChatGPT for patient heart reports. His enthusiasm and commitment to the project aims to maximise efficiency of the NHS in order to better serve patients.
ChatGPT’s potential to assist in writing patient heart reports is sure to benefit the NHS in being able to see more people in need. With further attention and assessment the AI may be used effectively in medical settings to optimise efficiency and accuracy for patient diagnosis.
