From emergency services to screenings and imaging exams: how Artificial Intelligence is changing the SNS

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This article shows how the Portuguese SNS is adopting AI across diagnosis, triage, and patient management. It highlights the iSIGHT program in Lisbon, where AI supports diabetic retinopathy screening, glaucoma detection, and clinical data structuring. It also describes AI projects that target frequent emergency-room users, including HUMAI at Garcia de Orta and a word-cloud summary tool at São João Hospital. The piece adds examples from Santarém and Évora, where AI helps read X-rays and improve cervical cancer screening, while noting concerns about governance, cybersecurity, and clinical validation.

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