Government invests £130m in new tech to tackle life-changing diseases
This includes £50m going towards NHS diagnostic services and support the work of existing ‘centres of excellence’ in digital pathology and imaging with AI.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals gets £67k to run outpatients analytics project
Machine learning software will be used track 32 million outpatient datasets with the aim of creating a roadmap to support staff and improve patient care.
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Using AI assessment to tackle dementia in ultra-early stages
Dementia remains the leading cause of death in England and Wales. As the NHS faces one of the biggest health crises of its generation, could artificial intelligence be key to fundamentally changing how – and when – the condition is diagnosed? Owen Hughes reports.
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National CCIO says AI Lab will ‘rigorously’ test tech to see if it can deliver
At NHS Expo in Manchester, Simon Eccles was questioned over the £250 million AI lab, which was announced by the government in August 2019.
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AI Lab will ‘train’ algorithms and develop frameworks, Hancock says
Appearing via video at NHS Expo, health secretary Matt Hancock said the AI Lab was part of a ‘major transformation’ to improve digital health and patient experience.
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Simon Stevens calls for greater investment in diagnostics at NHS Expo
In his keynote address Simon Stevens said more funding was needed to build on recent Government investments, including the £250 million for an AI Lab.
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Artificial intelligence ‘predicts fatal heart attacks up to 5 years in advance’
Experts at the University of Oxford have developed a “fingerprint” using machine learning, which highlights red flag signs of potential heart attacks.
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Google DeepMind co-founder placed on leave ‘until end of the year’
The company did not say why Mustafa Suleyman was taking time off, but said the decision was mutual and that he was expected back by the end of the year.
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Two trusts trial AI to diagnose breast cancer sooner
The trial aims to help develop, test and ultimately deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the breast cancer screening programme in the East Midlands.
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How chatbot technology can open up the world of published data
NHS Digital is trialling chatbot software on its website to help clinicians and researchers find published data more easily. Programme manager David West offers insight into the technology pilot and its anticipated rewards.
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