Predictions for the year ahead: UK digital health leaders on 2017
In the second part of a two-part look ahead to 2017, Digital Health News asked some UK digital health leaders for their predictions for the year to come.
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Google DeepMind and Royal Free in five-year deal
After surviving controversies earlier this year, Royal Free London and AI firm Google DeepMind will work on an unprecedented partnership to improve to healthcare in the UK.
AI and Analytics
Doctors beat algorithms on diagnosis – study
Doctors “vastly outperformed” computer algorithms when it comes to giving a correct , according to an American research trial.
AI and Analytics
Google Deepmind recruits government health tech managers
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Lyn Whitfield explores the rapidly developing discipline of population health management, while Kim Thomas looks at how trusts can make more use of their imaging data.
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Google Deepmind trial to improve cancer treatment
Google Deepmind has forged yet another NHS partnership, this time to improve head and neck cancer treatment.
AI and Analytics
£20m health data project in the north
A multi-million-pound data project to improve health care across the north of England has been unveiled, giving academics new access to anonymised health data.
AI and Analytics
Wireless monitoring of sick kids rolls-out in Birmingham
Birmingham Children’s Hospital will roll-out personalised wireless monitoring of sick kids, with an early warning system that can alert clinicians hours before a life threatening event.
Clinical Software
Liverpool self-care programme cuts emergency admissions
A study of a large scale, supported self-care programme in Liverpool has found clear reductions in emergency admissions and secondary care costs for some patients.
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Peterborough invests in health IT
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has chosen System C as preferred bidder for an electronic patient record system.
Clinical Software