King’s Health Partners, a partnership between Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital, South London and Maudsley, and King’s College London, has published a strategy to 2030 built around the three strategic priorities of delivering personalised health, improving population health, and accelerating digital health. “Despite the promise of improved health […]
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NHS shares study into AI-driven, 3D heart scan technology
NHS England has published data on the use of the AI-driven, 3D heart scan technology, Heartflow, demonstrating its impact across 56 different NHS hospitals in England when diagnosing and supporting patients with suspected heart disease. According to a recent study, over 24,300 patients have benefited from the use of this […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals signs data partnership to accelerate development of new therapies and improve patient outcomes
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Arcturis, becoming part of Arcturis’ Real-World Data Network, a network providing real-time access to “diverse and enriched” health data representative of the UK population. The network, approved by the Health Research Authority, brings together anonymised data including medications, […]
Government publishes frameworks and risks toolkit for the implementation of generative AI
The government has published a series of human-centred frameworks alongside a practical toolkit for the safe implementation of generative AI, featuring nine tips for leaders that are “critical to success”. Based on three stages of adopt, sustain, and optimise; the recommended approach is informed by the deployment of a generative […]
US FDA introduces generative AI tool to modernise agency functions
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has introduced a generative AI tool following a successful pilot, with the intention of modernising the agency’s functions and leveraging AI to “better serve” US citizens. Marty Makary, FDA commissioner, shares that the agency has now set out an “aggressive timeline” for rollout […]
Newcastle Hospitals enters into data partnerships
Newcastle Hospitals has entered into data partnerships with Flatiron Health and Promptly Health, to support the development of research-ready datasets to help improve patient care, focus on value of its data, and promote data-driven innovation. Recognising current limitations around data usage based on information being stored in different locations and […]
National ADHD data improvement plan sets out roadmap for reporting and use of data
NHS England has published an ADHD data improvement plan, with a roadmap setting out planned actions to improve data quality and introduce regular reporting. “We know our ADHD service provision has not kept pace with demand and there is a need to improve access, experience and outcomes,” the plan states, […]
Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces new national AI initiative, HIHI.AI Call 2025
Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI) has announced the launch of a new national initiative called HIHI.AI Call 2025, said to support the “development and testing of AI solutions that can make a real impact in Ireland’s healthcare system”. As part of the initiative, HIHI is looking for input from companies, […]
OpenAI introduces HealthBench benchmark for evaluating capabilities of health AI systems
OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company responsible for ChatGPT, has launched a new benchmark for evaluating the capabilities of health AI systems, built in partnership with 262 physicians practicing across 60 countries. The company shares findings that large language models (LLMs) “have improved significantly over time and already outperform […]
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust procures AI-powered digital dictation and speech recognition services for £375k
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has awarded a contract to medical software company T-Pro for the procurement of their AI-powered voice solutions, supplying the trust with their digital dictation and speech recognition services. The chosen solutions from T-Pro’s suite of products includes their mobile-first digital diction workflow platform and AI-powered speech […]
