AI

  • The end of the road for in-person GP appointments?

    The end of the road for in-person GP appointments?

    Technology enabling “stay at home clinics” is set to fully transform patient’s GP experience by 2030.  In-person GP appointments may become a thing of the past, as plans get underway to put stay-at-home technology on the frontline of healthcare.  The ‘Future of General Practice’ report released by The Future Laboratory x Mjog, charts the future [...]

  • NHS admits frightening 6.6M patient backlog – can tech really fix this?

    NHS admits frightening 6.6M patient backlog – can tech really fix this?

    Virtual wards, surgical hubs and artificial intelligence are said to be “key to tackling the backlog” - but how far can tech really go in saving the NHS?  The NHS is in critical condition, with thousands of patients waiting more than two years for treatment, and chronic staff shortages pushing the health system to its [...]

  • Groundbreaking results reveal AI can reduce sepsis deaths

    Groundbreaking results reveal AI can reduce sepsis deaths

    Patients are 20% less likely to die of sepsis because of a groundbreaking new AI system which can catch symptoms hours earlier than traditional methods, a study has revealed. Bayesian Health and John Hopkins University announced the innovative results which, for the first time ever, associate lives saved with a clinically-deployed AI platform.  Where earlier [...]

  • Global health tech clusters – Special Report

    Global health tech clusters – Special Report

  • Where are all the women in AI?

    Where are all the women in AI?

    Only 22% of AI professionals in the UK are female, causing “persistent, structural inequality” in the field. So where are all the women? Artificial Intelligence will reshape every corner of our lives over the coming years. The AI sector in the UK alone was worth over £15 billion in 2020 - and it’s set to [...]

  • AI catches breast cancer more often than doctors alone

    AI catches breast cancer more often than doctors alone

    A new study shows that artificial intelligence massively improves radiologists’ ability to identify and diagnose breast cancer - but is AI ready for life-and-death responsibilities? Doctors are able to catch breast cancer more often and faster than before due to the help of artificial intelligence, a new study shows.  Radiologists who are accompanied by AI [...]

  • Meet the “empathetic” AI therapist that has your back

    Meet the “empathetic” AI therapist that has your back

  • Revealed: Countries with highest levels of patient care and costs

    Revealed: Countries with highest levels of patient care and costs

    The quality and costs of healthcare systems around the globe has been revealed in a new report looking at 33 of the world’s most developed countries. As reported by Health Tech World, the NHS is rolling out tech solutions to help cope with record demand and massive shortages of staff and beds. But how does [...]

  • Emotional AI: Driving deeper connections for patients in digital healthcare

    Emotional AI: Driving deeper connections for patients in digital healthcare

    By Sarita Wilkinson - Principal - Design Insight at PDD

  • AI helps doctors to predict cancer risk of lung nodules

    AI helps doctors to predict cancer risk of lung nodules

    An AI tool will help doctors to predict the cancer risk in lung nodules seen on computerised tomography (CT), according to a new study. Pulmonary nodules appear as small spots on the lungs on chest imaging. They have become a much more common finding as CT has gained favour over x-rays for chest imaging. “A nodule [...]