DERM
Benefits
The implementation has reduced the number of appointments needed for patients with non-cancerous lesions, allowing dermatologists and plastic surgeons to focus on patients with skin cancer. The efficiency gains have also enabled the introduction of a 'see and treat' service where patients can receive diagnosis and treatment in a single visit, reducing wait times. The Trust has seen a 300% increase in skin cancer referrals since 2010, and the AI system helps manage this growing demand.
Details
- Tool name
- DERM
- Organisation
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Status
- live
- AI method (as recorded)
- Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- AI method (normalised tags)
- Computer Vision Machine Learning
- Usecase
- Health AI
- Origin
- buckshealthcare.nhs.uk
- Owning team
- Skin Centre at Amersham Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Date added
- 28 August 2024
- Scrape date
- Source note
- The Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has implemented Skin Analytics' AI device DERM to help diagnose skin cancer more efficiently. The system is currently in use at the Skin Centre at Amersham Hospital, which sees 45-50 patients with suspected skin cancer referrals per day. [Source]