AI
This year’s Healthcare Excellence Through Technology at London ExCeL is the first opportunity for health and social care to discuss the 10 Year Plan. From the agenda to all new features like the Roundtable Zone and AI Spotlight, the show on 7-8 October has been set-up to make the most of that opportunity. The government [...]
Chatbot-linked suicides should act as a warning about the risks of creating super-intelligent AI systems, an AI safety expert has said. Nate Soares, co-author with Eliezer Yudkowsky of the book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, pointed to the case of US teenager Adam Raine as evidence of the dangers in controlling artificial intelligence. Raine [...]
A research consortium of over 100 study groups in more than 65 countries has launched a collaborative effort to develop the first globally representative AI foundation model in medicine, using 100 million eye images. The Global RETFound initiative is one of the largest medical AI collaborations ever undertaken, producing one of the most geographically and [...]
AI transformation partner Reveal HealthTech has raised US$7.2m in Series A funding to expand its healthcare and life sciences technology. The funding will support product expansion, sales growth and work with more healthcare and life sciences organisations. Founded in 2023 and incubated by W Health Ventures and 2070 Health, the company develops artificial intelligence systems [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest research developments in the world of health technology. Mini-camera and AI predicts recurrent heart attack Measurements with a miniature camera inside the coronary arteries can accurately predict whether someone will suffer a recurrent heart attack. Until now, interpreting these images was so complex that only specialized laboratories could perform [...]
By Angel Alberich-Bayarri, CEO of Quibim For decades, the biopsy has been the gold standard of cancer diagnosis, an essential step that gives clinicians the microscopic truth about a tumour. It is precise, but by its nature also invasive, limited to certain moments in a patient’s journey, and not always feasible depending on tumour location [...]
Police officers in Lincolnshire will be the first in the UK to have AI-powered ‘digital twins’ created to predict, prevent and treat injuries sustained from policing, following the rollout of EQL’s digital musculoskeletal (MSK) platform, Phio. Introduced in June 2025 as part of the service’s occupational health offering, the technology will help more than 2,200 [...]
By Muhunthan Thillai, CEO, Qureight Clinical trials are evolving rapidly as artificial intelligence transforms how we collect, analyse and interpret medical data. The integration of AI into clinical research promises more efficient trials, personalised interventions and accelerated development of life-saving treatments. However, realising these benefits requires establishing trust in complex AI systems among clinicians, regulators [...]
Optellum has announced the world’s first thorax CT foundation model built for precision lung care in real-world settings – an initiative aiming to revolutionise the early detection and management of lung diseases, with an initial focus on lung cancer. Unlike traditional AI systems built to deliver a narrow range of task-specific outcomes, Optellum’s foundation model [...]
By Jess O’Dwyer, General Manager Europe, Pocketalk When it comes to modernising the NHS, there’s no shortage of ambition. Yet, while plans, pilots and proposals make headlines, the intricacies of being innovative in the healthcare sector must be realised and the challenges of introducing that innovation must be addressed. Let’s take language [...]
