St John’s Bengaluru to partner with French startup to deploy ‘AI agents’ for hospital management

St John’s Research Institute Dean Tony Raj told The Indian Express, “The MoU was signed for proof-of-concept to use in the hospital to help improve the administration efficiency. We are starting with nursing scheduling using the agentic AI. We have a very complex schedule at St John’s as we have over 1,200 nurses and five to six different shift times. This is a huge task for nursing leadership to manage every day when nurses take leave, etc.”

He said the group has worked out a solution “within 4 – 5 days after reviewing the needs of our colleagues, and it is something we hope to test shortly”. He said that initially, AI can help improve efficiency in large hospitals that have a daily footfall of 500 – 3000 patients in the outpatient area. “In the future, we will look at the possibility of using it in the clinical side, whether it is laboratory results, etc, once we have the necessary clearances,” he said.