The Care Quality Commission has today launched a regulatory sandbox round 2 for machine learning in diagnostic and screening services. CQC is seeking providers and innovators who use AI in their diagnostic and imaging services to help develop their regulatory approach. The round will include technology for the interpretation and delivery […]
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NHS Digital partners with University of Oxford, Microsoft and IBM for new hub for clinical trials
NHS Digital has partnered with the University of Oxford, Microsoft and IBM to develop a new hub that aims to revolutionise the way in which clinical trials are delivered. NHS DigiTrial, the NHS Health Data Research Hub for Clinical Trials, is one of seven hubs announced this week to enable cutting-edge […]
7 new health data hubs launched
Seven new data hubs are to be rolled out across the UK to speed up research for new medicines, treatments, and technologies that support quicker diagnoses and save lives. The hubs will use the latest advances in technology to connect and analyse health data from existing locations and in partnership […]
New research study supports SkinVision App
A new study published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (JEADV) has determined SkinVision, a skin cancer application has a sensitivity of 95.1% in detecting the most common forms of skin cancer. SkinVision’s awareness and tracking solution supports individuals with the early recognition of skin cancer. […]
£130m investment for gene-based therapies and artificial intelligence
The Government has today announced it will invest over £130 million in life-changing treatments for arthritis and cancer and for pioneering gene-based therapies for diseases including dementia and Parkinson’s. An investment of £50 million with support NHS diagnostic services and support the work of existing Centres of Excellence in digital pathology […]
Moorfields researchers opening up development of AI
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology are researching ways to open up the development of AI algorithms to healthcare professionals without programming experience. The team is using Google AutoML, a machine-learning algorithm that learned to build an algorithm to analyse medical images and provide diagnoses. For simple […]
NHS Digital and Accenture agree perimeter security deal
NHS Digital has signed a contract with Accenture to provide the NHS with free-to-adopt, perimeter security services. The deal includes technology from Palo Alto, an American cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those […]
Wellbeing and Brainomix partner to support stroke diagnosis
Wellbeing Software has partnered with AI Specialist Brainomix to accelerate the introduction of AI and deep learning to assist clinical decision making for ischemic stroke patients. The Brainomix solution utilises Artificial Intelligence, deep learning algorithms and clinical engineering to assist healthcare professionals with imaging decision support. When a patient is admitted […]
DeepMind using AI to give doctors a 48-hour head start on life-threatening illness
A new research report from Google DeepMind has found artificial intelligence can help support the treatment of acute kidney injury earlier. DeepMind has developed technology that could give doctors a head-start in treating acute kidney injury, a condition that is associated with over 100,000 people in the UK every year. The team […]
NHSX to oversee industry access to data
The newly formed tech unit, NHSX will be assuming responsibility of the sharing of NHS patient data with industry. In a new guidance document published on 15th July, it sets out defining principles for data-sharing agreements and provides new guidance for the use of data sharing for commercial purposes. The […]
