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SuperDial has announced $15 million in new funding to scale its voice AI platform, which automates high-friction insurance calls that cost provider organisations and billing companies billions of dollars every year. The debt and equity series A round was led by SignalFire, with participation from Slow Ventures, Box Group, and Scrub Capital. It includes $3 [...]
The MHRA has opened applications for the second round of its AI Airlock programme, backed by £1m to expand regulatory testing of AI-powered medical devices. The scheme allows companies to work with regulators in a controlled ‘sandbox’ environment, where AI-driven health technologies can be safely tested and refined before wider rollout. Applications opened on 23 [...]
Matt Clifford, artificial intelligence adviser to Sir Keir Starmer, is stepping down from his role after six months for family reasons, Downing Street has confirmed. Clifford, who led development of the government’s AI opportunities action plan, will leave his position at the end of July. He is understood to have a good relationship with Number [...]
Artificial intelligence firm SandboxAQ has released a dataset designed to help researchers predict drug-protein binding, a key step in early drug development. The company generated approximately 5.2 million synthetic 3D molecules using Nvidia chips, instead of through traditional laboratory experiments. The dataset, released on Wednesday, is intended to support the development of faster drug screening [...]
Ghent-based startup PointCaré has raised nearly €1.5m from private investors to develop a platform that interprets real-time data in intensive care units (ICUs) and operating rooms. The company is developing OnTarget, a system that analyses data streams from various medical devices and provides tailored clinical advice based on the patient and the clinical situation. PointCaré [...]
Musculoskeletal med tech company Naitive Technologies has published results demonstrating the diagnostic performance of its AI-powered tool, OsteoSight, for identifying people at risk of low bone mineral density (BMD). The results, published in Osteoporosis International, validate the utility of OsteoSight in detecting low BMD using routine X-rays that have been taken for other purposes. Robert [...]
Odgers’ Chris Hamilton and Mike Drew explain why the success of precision medicine will hinge on the development of critical leadership roles Precision medicine stands at the forefront of a transformative era in healthcare. As technological advancements in AI, genomics, and data analytics converge, the market for precision medicine is poised for exponential growth. By [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. UK announces record investment to rebuild NHS The UK has announced £29bn investment to rebuild the NHS. New investment announced at the Spending Review will enable the NHS to deliver on the government’s Plan for Change to cut waiting lists, improve [...]
Eleven NHS organisations – including three Primary Care Networks (PCNs) – have now gone live with, or signed contracts to deploy Phio, a musculoskeletal (MSK) triage and rehabilitation technology, giving an estimated 2.3 million registered patients the option to start physio care instantly on their phone instead of waiting for a GP appointment. The drive [...]
By Peter Corpe, Industry Leader, UK Public Sector, Appian Despite the Government’s commitment to ‘bring the NHS into the digital age’ in its AI Opportunities Action Plan healthcare organisations still rely on legacy systems that aren’t fit for purpose. And the State of digital government review from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) [...]
