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Abtrace Ltd, a UK health tech start-up using machine learning and clinical innovation is joining the UK Pavilion at Arab Health 2022 to launch a novel proactive monitoring system designed to empower patients with chronic conditions. Health Tech World’s Arab Health correspondent Julia Price speaks with Abtrace CEO Dr Umar Naeem Ahmad. The innovative cloud-based [...]
Health care executives increasingly believe in the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to help improve patient outcomes, support cost savings in the health system and promote health equity, a survey has revealed. The fourth annual Optum Survey on AI in Health Care found 96 per cent of respondents believe AI plays an important role in [...]
Researchers have found that patients are more likely to discuss highly stigmatising health conditions, such as sexually transmitted infections, with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot than a healthcare professional. The study, conducted at the University of Westminster in collaboration with University College London (UCL), suggests that for health conditions that are perceived as highly severe such [...]
As adoption of AI in health continues to accelerate, its range of applications, capacity and impact on patient outcomes is rapidly developing. More and more healthcare professions across the world are adopting AI to improve patient care. By putting users in control of their own health and wellbeing, AI technologies can increase the ability for [...]
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help physicians interpret X-rays after an injury and suspected fracture, a study by the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has found. Ali Guermazi, chief of radiology at VA Boston Healthcare System and professor of radiology and medicine at BUSM said fracture interpretation errors represent up to 24 per cent of [...]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can predict which people who attend memory clinics will develop dementia within two years with 92 per cent accuracy, a study by the University of Exeter has found. Using data from more than 15,300 patients in the US, researchers found that machine learning can accurately tell who will go on to develop [...]
Falsified mammogram images can fool Artificial Intelligence (AI) breast cancer diagnosis models and human experts. AI models that evaluate medical images have the potential to speed up and improve the accuracy of cancer diagnoses, but they may also be vulnerable to cyberattacks, a study by the University of Pittsburgh has revealed. The researchers simulated an [...]
Jonathan Abraham, CEO and co-founder of Healum, discusses the role of Artificial Intelligence in assisting healthcare professionals to create personalised plans of care and support. At Healum we have always believed that access to proactive, personalised healthcare should be a fundamental right for every person, whatever their cultural background, location or means. The NHS Long-Term [...]
Last month’s SophI.A Summit brought together the world's experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and health. Academics, doctors and leaders from across the business world discussed AI research and emerging applications in the life sciences sector. Professor Sébastien Ourselin of King’s College London explained how a consortium of London universities is building an AI and big-data [...]
Ivan Dunskiy, CEO of software provider Demigos, discusses the rising popularity of data visualisation methods in healthcare. Data visualisation in medical care is no longer a sci-fi utopia. Today, medical data visualisation is not a fancy benefit, it is a requirement. These are not just awe-inspiring meaningless declarations; data visualisation popularity is backed up by [...]
