Sweet dreams are made of this: Using virtual reality to improve mental health
Can devices such as the ‘Dream Machine’ improve mental health? Shreshtha Trivedi sits down for a chat with inventor and virtual reality expert Dr Jamil El-Imad to hear his views on virtual reality and how it can democratise wellbeing.
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Could tech help the looming crisis of Loneliness and the Aging Population?
As we experience a growth in the age of our population, so too are we experiencing a growth in loneliness. Such a state of affairs doesn’t only represent an unwelcome way of life for many of our older people, it also constitutes a precursor to a host of poor medical and social outcomes.
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University College London Hospital explores AI possibilities
University College London Hospital (UCLH) has announced a new partnership with The Alan Turing Institute to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can support clinical decision making and improve patient flow.
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Ultromics AI platform to expand trials to 20 NHS hospitals
A British AI platform for assisting with the diagnosis of heart disease will enter trials with 20 NHS hospitals before the end of 2018, after securing £10 million in first-round funding.
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Advisory Series: Population Health Management
Population health management is often touted as an important concept for the NHS, and key to ensuring its sustainability. But, as Owen Hughes reports, there will be barriers to overcome along the way – not least the challenges of linking previously disparate datasets.
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IBM’s Watson Health about ‘augmented intelligence for clinicians’
IBM’s Watson Health is at the cutting edge of AI in Global healthcare, chief health officer Dr Kyu Rhee tells Digital Health’s Owen Hughes the increasingly powerful tools becoming available will augment clinicians’ knowledge not replace it.
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Medopad among companies benefiting from government trade support
In May, the London-based company signed two new deals with healthcare organisations in Singapore and Bahamas, creating 100 jobs across Britain.
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Royal Liverpool taps Deontics AI smarts for heart attack treatment support
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is to implement a cognitive computing-based decision support solution system to help improve the treatment of patients who have suffered a heart attack.
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Microsoft and GOSH partner for artificial intelligence in healthcare
The One Microsoft partnership will see Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) given access to new AI solutions developed by computer science students at University College London (UCL).
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Dictate IT Live taps deep learning for ‘next-generation’ clinical speech recognition
Clinical support solutions provider Dictate IT has launched an automatic speech recognition tool capable of transcribing medical notes in real-time.
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