Dr Tony Smith, Consultant Anaesthetist and Chief Clinical Information Officer at the Trust, said:
“Technology has an increasingly important role to play in the way our hospital provides care, which goes far beyond the move from paper to digital records.
“We are therefore very pleased to be working with DeepMind; a company at the forefront of the application of digital technologies and better use of data to improve healthcare.
“The Streams application will enhance the expertise and experience of our clinicians, by processing and presenting existing data, applied to existing NHS algorithms, in more accessible and more responsive ways. The results will be quicker, more informed clinical decisions and better outcomes for patients.
“Everything about our partnership with DeepMind and the products we implement is about improving our ability to care for the patient. The information that will enable the Streams application to work and support staff to make vital decisions about treatment and care is data that is already collected and held by our hospital, and remains under our control. It will be used for no other purpose than to inform the delivery of care to our patients, in the same way as existing observations and patient record products in use in our hospital.
“Describing how data will be used will form a central element of the forthcoming engagement which will happen with patients, the public and staff in the coming weeks and months.”