Applied mathematician Tobin South, the Technical Lead on Clearer Consent, said the goal would be to modify existing chatbot interfaces and off-the-shelf question-answering software to become something fit for purpose on a hospital front line. "A big challenge in healthcare is informed consent, the doctor gives you all these forms, says tick the boxes, don't drive for the next couple of days, but many people don't really understand what's going on," the University of South Australia masters student said. "Lots of people have language barriers to using these forms and there's also cultural considerations that you can't cram onto a one-page form. "The solution involving AI was to develop a way to ask questions in the patient's native language, and have them be able to type their own questions or concerns into the program and have it understand them and give meaningful answers back."

Two new artificial intelligence projects designed to provide better services in hospitals are the first promising shoots out of Queensland's newly formed …