Another view: of artificial intelligence
This month, our GP columnist is musing on the rise of artificial intelligence. Could it replace him and his colleagues? Not imminently, Dr Neil Paul reckons – but he can see ways in which it could already help him do a better and more efficient job.
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Digital healthcare accelerator offers £68k to machine learning, AI start-ups
Merck Sharp & Dohme and Wayra UK are seeking startups using machine learning and artificial intelligence to support disease and illness prevention.
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A look at artificial intelligence and voice technology in the health sector
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and voice technology in the health sector was debated at a conference in London.
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Government announces Life Sciences Sector Deal
The government has announced it is partnering up with the life sciences sector to ensure the UK is at the forefront of developing medical technologies.
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Augmented Intelligence: The Next Frontier
Augmented Intelligence is the intersection of machine learning and advanced applications, where clinical knowledge and medical data converge on a single platform. The potential benefits of Augmented Intelligence are realized when it is used in the context of workflows and systems that healthcare practitioners operate and interact with.
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Machine learning delivers insight into medication’s effects on stroke patients
Researchers say machine learning could offer insight into how individual patients respond to different medication, based on the structure of their brain.
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Hyland seeks to capitalise on machine learning’s potential
Staff from Hyland Software enthused about the potential of machine learning in healthcare as they displayed the firm’s new suite of enterprise imaging applications at the OnBase Summit in Berlin last week.
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Mental health trust trials new AI-powered chatbot
The Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with London HR analytics startup Saberr to pilot its latest bot.
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AI, self-care apps and tech, e-referrals: the vision of the future at Expo
Imagining quite where technology will take healthcare is far from a straightforward task. But when Claire Read visited exhibiters in the innovator zone at last week’s Health and Care Innovation Expo, a few key themes emerged: predictive AI, self-care apps and tech, and e-referrals among them.
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Use AI and simplify data access, says government-commissioned report
The use of artificial intelligence in UK healthcare should be increased, e-prescribing made mandatory, and researcher access to national datasets simplified, a government-commissioned report has suggested.
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