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Our patients and clinicians have been testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help increase face-to-face time during appointments. A team from our innovation hub GOSH DRIVE have been working with an AI company, TORTUS, to lead an evaluation of the AI tool in outpatient clinics. The tool aims to ‘free’ clinicians from their keyboards by using ambient AI technology to draft clinic notes and letters. By removing the need to type during consultations, the technology leaves clinicians able to spend more time on direct patient care during appointments. Following early success at GOSH we are now leading an assessment of TORTUS in a range of healthcare settings across London, thanks to funding from NHS England Frontline Digitisation. Dr Maaike Kusters, Paediatric Immunology Consultant, who took part in the trial at GOSH said: “The patients I see in my clinics have very complex medical conditions and it’s so important to make sure I capture what we discuss in our appointments accurately, but often this means I am typing rather than looking directly at my patient and their family. "Using the AI tool meant I could sit closer to them face-to-face and really focus on what they were sharing with me." #AI #Innovation #Healthcare