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Men checked for prostate cancer on the NHS could soon get same-day results, with artificial intelligence processing MRI scans in seconds under new pilot schemes. Patients assessed by the AI as high risk would be sent straight to a radiologist for an on-the-spot biopsy – a tissue test to confirm whether cancer is present. Results [...]
OpenAI says 0.07 per cent of weekly ChatGPT users show signs of possible mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts. The company described such cases as “extremely rare”, but critics argue this still equates to hundreds of thousands of people, given ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly active users, according to chief executive Sam Altman. [...]
AI is helping patients prepare for hip and knee replacement surgery, easing anxiety and providing answers about procedures on demand. A custom-tailored artificial intelligence (AI) platform trained on surgeon-approved educational content has shown positive results in supporting patients before and after total joint arthroplasty — a procedure to replace damaged joints with artificial implants. Researchers [...]
Christian Hardahl, EMEA Healthcare Leader at SAS, explains how increasingly sophisticated digital twins could transform hospital operations and pave the way for better patient care. Staffing shortage, wasted medication, delays and waiting lists are just some of the everyday inefficiencies that healthcare professionals are familiar with. Without urgent reform, these challenges are only going to [...]
By James Freed, deputy director for The NHS Digital Academy, NHS England Digital is no longer an add-on to healthcare, it is inseparable from it, and is a key pillar of the NHS 10 Year Plan. Electronic patient records, remote consultations, rostering, pathology and radiology systems, and an expanding family of AI-enabled tools now frame [...]
Odgers’ Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew discuss the rapid dominance of Big Tech in healthcare and what executive leaders can do to successfully navigate this landscape Imagine your health system is approached by a major tech company offering a “data-trust” layer that connects your electronic medical records to patients’ devices. The promise is seamless identity, [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. AI to be trialled at across NHS screening Pioneering AI tools are to be tested in NHS screening services in order to enable quicker diagnoses and treatment for patients using a groundbreaking new cloud system. A new AI research screening platform [...]
Mr Florian Bast on Using Heidi Health Mr Florian Bast, MD FRCS is an ENT & Facial Plastic Surgeon specialisng in Rhinoplasty in London Balancing technical precision with patient connection is a daily requirement in modern ENT and facial plastic surgery. For Mr Florian Bast, a leading UK specialist in Rhinoplasty and nasal surgery, delivering [...]
Imprivata has announced the acquisition of Verosint, a leader in Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) solutions. The acquisition represents Imprivata’s latest strategic investment in modernising enterprise access management with solutions that deliver advanced, frictionless, and passwordless access for every user type, including frontline staff, knowledge workers, and third-party identities, while strengthening security, streamlining compliance, [...]
From AI to inclusion, HETT 2025 brought together innovators, NHS leaders, and industry partners to explore how technology and people are shaping the future of healthcare. This year’s HETT returned to ExCeL London with renewed purpose. Coming a few weeks after the release of the NHS 10-Year Plan, the event focused on turning ambition into [...]
