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Men checked for prostate cancer on the NHS could soon get same-day results, with artificial intelligence processing MRI scans in seconds under new pilot schemes. Patients assessed by the AI as high risk would be sent straight to a radiologist for an on-the-spot biopsy – a tissue test to confirm whether cancer is present. Results [...]
OpenAI says 0.07 per cent of weekly ChatGPT users show signs of possible mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts. The company described such cases as “extremely rare”, but critics argue this still equates to hundreds of thousands of people, given ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly active users, according to chief executive Sam Altman. [...]
Low oxygen levels can alter immune cell genes, weakening the body’s ability to fight infection even after oxygen levels return to normal, new research has revealed. Scientists found that oxygen deprivation – known as hypoxia – changes the genetic material of neutrophils, white blood cells that form one of the body’s first lines of defence [...]
AI is helping patients prepare for hip and knee replacement surgery, easing anxiety and providing answers about procedures on demand. A custom-tailored artificial intelligence (AI) platform trained on surgeon-approved educational content has shown positive results in supporting patients before and after total joint arthroplasty — a procedure to replace damaged joints with artificial implants. Researchers [...]
Christian Hardahl, EMEA Healthcare Leader at SAS, explains how increasingly sophisticated digital twins could transform hospital operations and pave the way for better patient care. Staffing shortage, wasted medication, delays and waiting lists are just some of the everyday inefficiencies that healthcare professionals are familiar with. Without urgent reform, these challenges are only going to [...]
By Richard Kavanagh, openEHR and FHIR Board member & Head of Technology (UK & Ireland) at Better The government has committed to introducing a Single Patient Record (SPR) for England. It is one of the clear ambitions set out in the 10 Year Health Plan, and will see it operate as a patient passport, making [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. AI to be trialled at across NHS screening Pioneering AI tools are to be tested in NHS screening services in order to enable quicker diagnoses and treatment for patients using a groundbreaking new cloud system. A new AI research screening platform [...]
A new podcast from ‘Anti-CRO’ company Lindus Health explores what it really takes to build trust in consumer health and why good science, not just good marketing, is the key. Hosted by co-CEO Meri Beckwith, the Off Protocol podcast challenges the status quo of clinical trials and explores the realities of clinical research. Through open, [...]
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has achieved significant time savings across its wards by introducing automated vital signs integration into its Sunrise™ Electronic Patient Record (EPR), provided by Altera Digital Health. The trust now estimates a saving of 2.5 minutes per observation, equating to approximately 50 per cent time saving for clinicians to [...]
Built on 1.3 billion structured data points shared by over 3 million people living with 1,250 chronic conditions, OpenStuff transforms lived patient health experiences into real-time, actionable insights. More than half of U.S. adults report turning to social media for health information, yet over one-third encounter high levels of misinformation. Large language models now risk [...]
