New Zealand researchers are hopeful that technology developed to identify likely candidates for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) can be further refined and embedded in general practice clinical software to encourage opportunistic screening for the condition.

Developed as part of the Precision Driven Health data analysis collaborative and trialled at the Coast to Coast Health Care clinic near Wellsford on the Northland Peninsula, the project is one of three main areas of interest for Precision Driven Health's Project HOPE (Health Outcome Prediction Engine), the other two being stroke recovery and patient-reported outcomes.