A new national registry for ambient voice technology providers to combat the “wild west” of suppliers is due to launch this week, England’s national chief clinical information officer has announced.
HSJ reports that Alec Price-Forbes told delegates at the Healthcare Excellence Through Technology (HETT) conference today that the new register was a “tactical response” to the rapid rollout of AVT across the NHS.
The AI software automatically transcribes patient-clinician conversations into structured medical notes, freeing up clinicians from manual documentation and allowing them to focus more on patient care.
The NHS 10-Year Health Plan pledged a mass rollout of AVT to deliver productivity gains among clinicians and improve their engagement with patients.
Dr Price-Forbes announced that NHS England would imminently launch a national “self-certified registry” for AVT, underpinned by “clear business capabilities and application requirements for all AVT suppliers to evidence compliance”.
He added that the registry would list existing and recognised regulatory, clinical safety and interoperability standards, but would also go further by introducing specific criteria for “greater safety governance and performance monitoring” of AI and large language models.
Date: 8 October