{"id":541957,"date":"2026-07-15T02:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/541957\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:14:10","slug":"hospital-becomes-first-to-use-ai-to-spot-infections-early-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/541957\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital becomes first to use AI to spot infections early | Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1762\" height=\"1176\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(East Kent Hospitals University via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Isobel Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hospital has become the first in England to use an AI tool to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/04\/01\/dad-nearly-dies-from-sepsis-he-caught-in-india\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sepsis<\/a> &#8211; by spotting infections early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kent and Canterbury Hospital is piloting a potentially life-saving <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/04\/01\/dad-nearly-dies-from-sepsis-he-caught-in-india\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> tool called MEMORI, which analyses information to create an infection-risk level for each patient.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is designed to help doctors identify infections at an early stage, allowing treatment to start sooner and reducing the risk of serious complications such as sepsis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tool analyses routine clinical information already recorded including observations like blood tests, blood pressure, and temperature as well as medications and demographics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harvey ward manager Julie Jones said: \u201cWe are all so excited to be the first NHS team to use MEMORI and are looking forward to being pioneers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has incredible potential in terms of recognizing signs of infection early, alerting clinicians to review the patient and potentially change their treatment plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur patients can be very complex and can deteriorate quickly, so early intervention is vital and potentially life-saving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1246\" height=\"1662\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(East Kent Hospitals University via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot is part of a collaboration between East Kent Hospitals Trust and Sanome, a UK health technology company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEMORI, which was co-developed with teams at the Trust, is being offered cost-free as part of a longer-term partnership to bring clinical AI to the bedside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor Casambros, 38, from Folkestone, was the first patient to have his observations entered into the system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been on Harvey ward since April, after suffering a major stroke in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a former digital communications manager, he is interested in new technology and was pleased to be able to be involved, with the help of his wife Emma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor\u2019s observations were taken and entered by student nursing associate Bobbie Buddle, who was on her second day of placement on the ward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said: \u201cI think MEMORI is a really amazing tool with huge potential and I think it\u2019s pretty cool that I\u2019m able to be a part of it being used for the first time in an NHS hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanome was founded by Benedikt von Th\u00fcngen, after his father developed <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2025\/09\/17\/man-relearns-to-walk-after-months-long-sepsis-battle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sepsis<\/a> following a cut on his toe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unable to get a GP appointment, he had visited an emergency department but his condition deteriorated while he was waiting to be seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benedikt said: \u201cHe called me in a total panic from the hospital and said he felt like he was going to die.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"image\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1247\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>(East Kent Hospitals University via SWNS)<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI asked him to put his camera on and it was immediately obvious he had many of the signs of sepsis, including rapid breathing and mottled skin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe ended up spending several weeks in acute care as the staff desperately tried to save him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have the data to spot early deterioration, and that\u2019s what MEMORI is about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will analyse the individual patient data, and use what it has learnt from thousands of other patients, to predict the infection risk score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis can empower clinical teams to take action, and gives them a greater window of opportunity to change a patient\u2019s outcome. If you get a patient on the right treatment quickly you can prevent deterioration from happening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing able to launch the tool in the NHS is a very exciting and emotional day, and the result of a lot of hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MEMORI is intended to help free up staff to focus on patient care, with the confidence that the system will alert them if the infection risk level changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benedikt said: \u201cPeople work in healthcare because they want to provide care and comfort, not go hunting for information or analyzing that information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTools such as MEMORI help them do that job of caring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eibhlin Moore, deteriorating patient lead nurse, added: \u201cI think this is a really exciting opportunity to use a tool that will help us identify infection earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(East Kent Hospitals University via SWNS) By Isobel Williams A hospital has become the first in England to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[163,85,23845,46],"class_list":["post-541957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-isobel-williams","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}