Diagnostics
A leading health tech and AI company has announced a major $4.6M (£3.8M) funding round to accelerate the development and adoption of artificial intelligence in clinical settings, through rapid data annotation on medical imagery. AI-based platform RedBrick AI says the new funding will be channelled into expanding the company’s suite of specialised tooling, and to [...]
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) was flagged by the NHS as the most prominent condition in which lives could be saved - with plans of preventing 150,000 heart attacks over a decade. What does the technology look like which can achieve this? The 2019 long-term plan from the NHS was clear in its intentions to prevent thousands [...]
An AI-driven genetic analysis platform can identify the causative mutation for diseases with 93.1% sensitivity - making each diagnosis in two minutes consistently across ages and ethnicities. A breakthrough in AI-run genetic analysis has successfully cut the time taken to identify rare diseases - and will significantly reduce lab testing costs, tackle bottlenecks and improve [...]
The National Horizons Centre is a leading light in the emerging genomics and bioinformatics space.
Tech-related treatment & healthcare is nothing new - and hopes are high when it comes to things like AI and faster cancer diagnoses. But treating the mind, specifically trauma-related conditions like PTSD, is a more complex issue. Can AI, VR, and other advancements be trusted for matters of the human psyche? Health technology is moving [...]
The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme has seen a 1000% surge in patient referrals thanks to a study by Meddbase - using ICB texting over traditional postal invites. A pilot study of almost 800 pre-diabetic patients has shown the significant potential of ICB-managed text messaging, more than doubling the number of pre-diabetes patients attending sessions over [...]
The word “metaverse” has jumped out of science fiction and into real life without much prior warning - and, love it or loathe it, its potential in healthcare is vast. But what changes should we actually expect? And when? A quick look online and it’s clear that work is already being done to normalise the [...]
Health tech startup owners who are “pioneering the healthcare of tomorrow” were invited to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of judges and live audience - at this year’s Health Tech Forward conference. But who made it to the finals? A total of 80 startup owners bravely took to the stage (in-person or [...]
In response to the news that skin cancer has some of the longest wait times for specialist care, NHS surgeon Dr Owain Rhys Hughes opens up about how there's "no excuse" for it, in the age of sophisticated technology.... When I read that skin cancer patients are experiencing some of the longest wait times for specialist care, I was [...]
