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Healthcare innovators, NHS professionals and industry experts are being invited to take part in a high-intensity programme aimed at accelerating solutions to some of the health service’s most pressing challenges. Health Tech Enterprise, which supports MedTech innovators in navigating the complexities of healthcare commercialisation, has opened applications for its upcoming Health Innovation Sprints in London [...]
Internationally renowned surgeon and innovator Prof Shafi Ahmed has published his new book, INTELLIGENT: The Evolution of AI Transforming Healthcare, offering a powerful and timely exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping modern medicine. INTELLIGENT examines the rapid acceleration of AI across healthcare – from reading diagnostic scans and guiding surgical procedures to transforming drug [...]
Limited tickets are now available to purchase for Health Tech World's in-person healthcare AI and networking event on August 21. ‘Unlocking the Healthcare AI Opportunity’ will bring together four expert voices and 100 delegates to Teesside University’s London campus, set within Stratford’s iconic Olympic Park site. Each speaker will explore a unique angle of AI's [...]
Briya has announced that its global data network has expanded to cover over 120 million patient records. By unifying this massive real-world data (RWD) repository with the Briya AIRE research engine, Briya is delivering a scalable solution to address the industry’s need for diverse, high-fidelity patient representation to advance medical innovation and personalized medicine. David [...]
StuffThatWorks has announced the launch of its Research Fellows Program, an initiative granting 10 select non-profit researchers full access to one of the largest structured patient-reported real-world datasets. The programme is designed to help move from hypothesis to submission much faster by removing common barriers such as dataset format, infrastructure setup, and analytical resources cost. [...]
Cera, Europe’s largest health tech company, has announced the launch of the world’s first dedicated AI Lab for the care sector. The initiative aims to address the global care capacity crisis by rapidly building, proving, and licensing high-impact AI tools to transform health systems, solving productivity and accessibility challenges internationally. Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE is [...]
In a new Health Tech World and Femtech World webinar, four experts explore how AI is reshaping preventative care, from early disease detection to personalised lifestyle interventions, and what it means for the future of health tech and women's health innovation. Featuring: Jasmin Hounsell - co-founder of Evolene Ltd Dr Harry Thirkettle - director of [...]
Rapid Health’s Smart Triage innovation newly integrated into the NHS App, is improving GP access for patients across England. For the first time, over one million patients can access appointments not previously available via the NHS App 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, marking an improvement in patient experience, and reducing administrative pressure on practices. Every patient using Smart [...]
By Alasdair Craine The debate around NHS data has drifted into something unrecognisable. What should be a grounded, technical discussion about infrastructure, safety and outcomes has instead become a distraction that is now directly impacting performance. From boardrooms to wards, and up into the centre of government, the truth remains simple. The NHS owns its [...]
By Wolfgang Hackl, MD, CEO OncoGenomX, Allschwil, Switzerland Precision oncology is entering a new phase. Over the next 10-15 years, it is likely to evolve from a discipline focused mainly on molecular matching into one that is dynamic, predictive, and deeply integrated with tumour biology, causal reasoning, and advanced AI. For HealthTech innovators, clinicians, researchers, [...]
