Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/74304, first published .
Developing an AI-Assisted Tool That Identifies Patients With Multimorbidity and Complex Polypharmacy to Improve the Process of Medication Reviews: Qualitative Interview and Focus Group Study

Developing an AI-Assisted Tool That Identifies Patients With Multimorbidity and Complex Polypharmacy to Improve the Process of Medication Reviews: Qualitative Interview and Focus Group Study

Developing an AI-Assisted Tool That Identifies Patients With Multimorbidity and Complex Polypharmacy to Improve the Process of Medication Reviews: Qualitative Interview and Focus Group Study

Aseel S Abuzour   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Samantha A Wilson   3 * , PhD ;   Alan A Woodall   3, 4 , PhD ;   Frances S Mair   5 * , Prof Dr ;   Asra Aslam   2, 6 * , PhD ;   Andrew Clegg   1, 2 , PhD ;   Eduard Shantsila   3 , PhD ;   Mark Gabbay   3 * , Prof Dr ;   Michael Abaho   3 * , PhD ;   Danushka Bollegala   7 , Prof Dr ;   Harriet Cant   8 , MSc ;   Alan Griffiths   9 ;   Layik Hama   6, 10 , PhD ;   Gary Leeming   3 , PhD ;   Emma Lo   3 ;   Simon Maskell   11 , Prof Dr ;   Maurice O'Connell   8 , PhD ;   Olusegun Popoola   12 , MD ;   Sam Relton   2, 6 , PhD ;   Roy A Ruddle   6, 10 , Prof Dr ;   Pieta Schofield   3 , PhD ;   Matthew Sperrin   8 , PhD ;   Tjeerd Van Staa   8 , PhD ;   Iain Buchan   3 , Prof Dr ;   Lauren E Walker   13, 14 , Prof Dr

1 Academic Unit for Ageing & Stroke Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

2 School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

3 Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

4 Directorate of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Powys Teaching Health Board, Bronllys, United Kingdom

5 School of Health and Wellbeing, General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

6 Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

7 Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

8 Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

9 NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast, Liverpool, United Kingdom

10 School of Computer Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

11 Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

12 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

13 Centre for Experimental Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

14 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Lauren E Walker, Prof Dr
  • Centre for Experimental Therapeutics
  • University of Liverpool
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