AI for clinical coding PoV garners mixed results

NEWS – eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has finished a proof of value (PoV) around artificial intelligence (AI) for clinical coding  and will move forward with one company to develop a solution.

Jon Herries, group manager of emerging health technology and innovation, told the MTANZ Conference in June that the adoption of AI could help to address the acute shortage of clinical coders, particularly in smaller centres.

“We are really struggling at the moment, particularly in smaller centres, to have clinical coders available to code discharges,” he said. 

On average, a hospital admission generates around 60 pages of content, which needs to be condensed into around 12 codes. 

The initiative aims to reduce the workload of clinical coders by leveraging AI to summarise these vast amounts of patient data into manageable codes.

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