Medopad taps Tencent’s AI smarts for speedier Parkinson’s assessment
The companies – working in association with Parkinson’s Centre of Excellence at King’s College Hospital in London – are launching a research and development project which uses motion capture technology to track patient movements and AI to assess them.
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Advisory Series: Predictive Analytics
When looking at the promise of predictive analytics in healthcare – namely, the ability to identify a downturn in someone’s health and intervene before it becomes more serious – the focus has often been on physical healthcare. But, as Vivienne Raper reports, more and more organisations are exploring the role such data analysis could play in supporting those with mental ill health.
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East Suffolk and North Essex saves hours thanks to automation technology
The technology includes three ‘virtual workers’, which actively monitor incoming referrals from the national GP eRS in real-time, 24 hours a day.
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Bradford Teaching Hospitals to scale ‘wall of analytics’ with new command centre
The new data command centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary will draw data from multiple IT systems to help staff direct resources more effectively across the 800-bed hospital.
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Health AI market predicted to ramp up significantly within next four years
Frost and Sullivan predicts the market will grow at a CAGR of 69% between now and 2022, reaching £4.7bn within the next four years.
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Medopad goes shopping in Silicon Valley to strengthen analytics chops
UK-born health tech start-up Medopad has acquired a Silicon Valley outfit Sherbit just two months after expanding into the US.
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Surrey trust awarded additional £1m funding for ‘pioneering’ IoT dementia study
Surrey and Borders Partnership has received £1m from NHS England to fund a study that uses IoT and machine learning to support people with dementia.
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Babylon pledges to hire 1000 scientists and docs
Ali Parsa, CEO of digital health start-up Babylon Health, has pledged to spend $100m to develop the ‘world’s leading’ healthcare AI platform.
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NHS infrastructure ‘not fit for AI’, national report concludes
NHS IT infrastructure is “not fit for AI” and a “large push” towards standardisation is required if the benefits of the technology are to be realised, a new report has concluded.
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To realise the true value of paperless, look at the data
For healthcare professionals in the community, the benefits of going paperless don’t just lie in improving efficiency argues Ian Bailey, clinical lead at EMIS Health and a former district nurse. The easily-accessible data generated has enormous value too – but only if we can give staff confidence in using it.
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