AI-powered continuing healthcare assessments, first in the NHS
Through our integration with IEG4, Made Purple technology now supports services across a number of NHS Integrated Care Boards, extending secure digital engagement beyond hospital walls.
4hrs+
Average saving per DST write-up
~70%
Process step efficiencies in some areas
First
ICB nationally to use AI for DST writing
The Challenge
NHS continuing healthcare gives people with the most complex needs a legal right to fully funded care. Every assessment requires a multi-disciplinary team meeting and a detailed Decision Support Tool write-up, produced manually by clinical staff.
Nationally the service is worth £6.5 billion a year. Every hour clinicians spend writing up assessments is an hour not spent with patients.
What We Did
Working with IEG4 and the University of Warwick, Made Purple brought Purple Scribe, our AI-driven transcription and summarisation platform, into the continuing healthcare assessment process at NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB, the first ICB in the country to use AI for Decision Support Tool writing.
Meetings are recorded and transcribed automatically and Purple Scribe drafts domain-specific summaries for nurse review and approval. Clinical staff keep full editorial control before anything is finalised.
The platform is live across all Decision Support Tool meetings within the ICB. The IEG4 integration extends Made Purple technology to services across a number of NHS Integrated Care Boards.
The Results
- More than 4 hours saved on average per Decision Support Tool write-up
- Around 70% process step efficiencies in some areas through automatic workflows
- Efficiencies of more than 30% expected across the full continuing healthcare service beyond the pilot scope
- Live across all Decision Support Tool meetings within the ICB
“Clinical staff could save up to 30% of their administrative time.”
Simon Trickett
CEO, NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB
“The adoption of AI in continuing healthcare is not just a trend, it's a necessity.”
Stephen Ferry
CEO, IEG4
Products Behind This Deployment
Want to Know More About This Deployment?
We're happy to share more detail, arrange a reference call or show you the products in action.