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Hospital discharge readiness & follow-up scheduling

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Predicts discharge readiness from clinical and operational signals, drafts the discharge summary structure, and proposes a follow-up appointment slot for primary care.

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Clinical context
Clinical problem
Optimise a process
Point of care
Discharge & transition
Nature of AI output
A recommendation
Clinical specialty
General practice
Care setting
Hospital — inpatient
Patient population
Adult inpatients reaching the end of their hospital stay.
Intended use
Predicts discharge readiness from clinical and operational signals, drafts the discharge summary structure, and proposes a follow-up appointment slot for primary care.
Technology
AI technique
Classical machine learning, NLP / large language model
Input data
Structured EHR data, Clinical notes / free text
Output type
Recommendation
Autonomy level
Human in the loop (human acts)
Model provenance
Built in-house
Model version
disc-1.0
Built on a general-purpose model
Yes
Deployment
Status
Pilot
Country
Netherlands
Deployment date
5 March 2025
Sites
1
Regulatory & governance
EU AI Act risk tier
Minimal risk
High-risk basis
Not applicable
Medical device
No
EU MDR class
Not a device
CE marking
Not required
FDA status
Not applicable
ISO 14971 risk class
Low
GDPR processing basis
Public interest
GDPR DPIA
Pending
Data identifiability
Pseudonymised
Explainability method
Intrinsic
Human oversight model
Ward team approves every discharge decision and follow-up booking; the AI assembles drafts only.
NICE evidence standards
ESF tier
Tier A — system / service
Evidence category
Category 1
Performance summary
Headline metric
Time saved
Value
24
Subgroup performance assessed
No
Known bias signals

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Evidence records

Studies and evaluations attached to this use case.

  • Prospective observational

    Time saved: 24

    Population: Discharge planning pilot, ward team minutes saved per discharge

Contributors

Deploying organisation
[demo] Erasmus MC · Hospital / health system · Netherlands
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