Read the business request
Sign in to save your workRead the request as a governance practitioner. Your task is to test whether the case for CareAssist AI is supported by evidence, not to validate the solution.
“The pilot has cut time to triage, but we have had a serious incident. Tell us whether CareAssist can stay in the department, and under what safeguards.”
CareAssist reads the patient's presenting complaint, age and first observations and suggests a triage category from 1 (immediate) to 5 (non-urgent). A triage nurse is meant to confirm or change the category within 15 minutes.
When someone arrives at A&E, the computer suggests how urgently they need to be seen. A nurse should check every suggestion. If the computer gets it wrong and nobody notices, a seriously ill person could wait too long.
- Six evidence documents
- Five fictional patient presentations
- Simulated triage suggestions
- A sample of nurse review records to test
- Cut time to first triage from 11 to under 5 minutes
- Free nurses for the sickest patients
- Make triage more consistent
- Help during winter surges
Your first challenge
Write your opening questions before you look at the evidence.
Think about purpose, data, affected people, evidence, accountability and the human role…
Answers save automatically and sync to your account when you are signed in.
Every organisation, person and figure is fictional. Do not enter real personal, customer or patient information.