Scott Russell's business includes family care

While the model makes use of AI technology where needed, Scott emphasises that the system itself doesn't make any staffing decisions: instead, it surfaces information and insights to head nurses and management, empowering them to respond quickly as needs arise.

After more than 10,000 hours of research and development, the product is currently undergoing validation with Clinique de l'Europe, a leading Belgian private hospital group serving 2,500 patients daily, where it is proving to save thousands of hours in senior nurse and management time.

From there, Scott hopes to roll the model out to healthcare facilities around the world, with the goal of easing some of the burden healthcare workers - like his sister - deal with every day.

"Nursing and other clinical roles are difficult jobs, and so many of the challenges are things you can't solve," he says. "My sister loves nursing and never complains, but the stress of being understaffed on a unit, dealing with shift work and missing important family events takes a toll - and there are millions more like her all around the world."

And with ageing populations set to increase high-needs patient loads by at least 50 percent, he says the time to innovate to improve staff wellbeing was yesterday.

"I have so much respect for people who work in the medical profession and how much they give - it's a debt society can never repay.

"My humble hope is that Innatify can at least give some time back, and let our nurses and other healthcare staff get on with doing what they love."