percent, the wellness approach could significantly reduce costs for both insurers and patients. The policy would include annual executive medicals, blood tests, clinic consultations, and specialist referrals, all aimed at early detection. “Normally it takes two or three meetings before you get the VP warmed up. This was different,” King recalls. “Guardian Group just happened to mention what I was working on, and the VP said, ‘Get a meeting.’ That’s not usual.” International partnerships also fuel Westshore’s transformation. Frank Kreel, introduced through the British Commission Trade Desk, has become a key advisor, connecting King to global health technology innovations. “He goes to all the conferences and expositions. He’s been helping me quite a lot, giving me free guidance,” says King. During a scholarship trip to India, King discovered advanced telehealth systems and point-of-care devices that could transform Caribbean healthcare delivery. AI-POWERED PATIENT MONITORING King’s experience as a patient at Westshore revealed critical gaps in the hospital’s technological infrastructure. During his prostate surgery recovery, he watched nurses manually record vital signs every hour, a practice that belongs in the past, not in a premier Caribbean hospital. “I realized that the patient monitors were low level. They had to come in and write down blood pressure, literally come in and write down everything every hour,” King recalls.“But you’ve got patient monitoring systems that keep track of that. So you just download a file.” His solution involves implementing centralized monitoring systems from General Electric and Mindray that incorporate artificial intelligence modules.These systems represent a significant leap forward, particularly given that only 18.7 percent of US hospitals had adopted any form of AI by 2022, placing Westshore at the forefront of regional innovation. “GE and Mindray are using AI modules to be predictive. It will be able to look at many different 47 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 12, ISSUE 06 WESTSHORE MEDICAL PRIVATE HOSPITAL
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