The Adelaide Score: prospective implementation of an artificial intelligence system to improve hospital and cost efficiency

JG Kovoor; B Stretton; AK Gupta; A Beath; MO Jacob; JM Kefalianos; GJ Carmichael; A Zaka; G O'Callaghan; S Satheakeerthy; A Booth; T Delloso; TJ Hugh; WO Chan; GJ Maddern; E Balan-Vnuk; M Cusack; T Gilbert; J Maddison; S Bacchi; A Abou-Hamden; A Al-Saffar; A Al-Sharea; V Arachi; Y Arafat; M Arnold; K Asmussen; S Ataie; Z Ataie; Z Balogh; SG Barreto; T Bastiampillai; J Beltrame; J Bennetts; T Bessen; N Bhimani; N Bidargaddi; J Blum; R Bookun; M Bruening; B Canny; E Chan; J Chan; J Cherini; W Chik; C Chow; E Clarke; J Clarke; R Clay-Williams; E Dicus; C Dobbins; F Donnelly; L Dykes; S Edwards; A Eranki; S Flint; J Flower; K Freeman; T French; S Gluck; H Godber; R Goh; P Gould; A Hansra; P Hewett; R Hodgson; A Hopkins; M Horowitz; S Howson; M Ittimani; JH Jacobsen; A Jenkins; H Jersmann; M Jiang; K Jones; R Kaepelli; H Kamalanathan; B Kennington; E Kirkpatrick; P Kovoor; T Kuany; A Loan; A Leslie; D Liew; P Litwin; Y Luo; R Mahajan; J Marks; M Marshall-Webb; D McIntyre; B Muston; D Mutahar; S Nann; N Nematzadeh; D Ng; R Padbury; M Patel; H Pleass; A Porter; P Psaltis

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The Adelaide Score: prospective implementation of an artificial intelligence system to improve hospital and cost efficiency

JG Kovoor, B Stretton, AK Gupta, A Beath, MO Jacob, JM Kefalianos, GJ Carmichael, A Zaka, G O'Callaghan, S Satheakeerthy, A Booth, T Delloso, TJ Hugh, WO Chan, GJ Maddern, E Balan-Vnuk, M Cusack, T Gilbert, J Maddison, S Bacchi Show all

ANZ Journal of Surgery | WILEY | Published : 2025

DOI: 10.1111/ans.19383

Abstract

Background: The Adelaide Score is an artificial intelligence system that integrates objective vital signs and laboratory tests to predict likelihood of hospital discharge. Methods: A prospective implementation trial was conducted at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in South Australia. The Adelaide Score was added to existing human, artificial intelligence, and other technological infrastructure for the first 28 days of April 2024 (intervention), and outcomes were compared using parametric, non-parametric and health economic analyses, to those in the first 28 days of April 2023 (control). Artificial intelligence evaluated inpatients admitted under 18 surgical and medical teams, and patients of high ..

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