NHS staff ‘uncomfortable with tech giants handling patient data’
A survey from Sensyne Health found that just 17% of 1,027 healthcare staff would trust big tech companies to handle patient data in a confidential manner.
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Diversity in digital health ‘is a matter of patient safety’
Without a diverse and inclusive team “unconscious bias” can be built into technology, ultimately putting patients at risk.
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‘Less than one percent’ of diagnostic AI studies based on high-quality data
AI may be on a par with human diagnostic ability, but most studies greatly exaggerate its power in clinical settings, new research has found.
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Google Health ties up data agreements with NHS trusts
Five NHS trusts have transferred data processing agreements over to Google following the tech giant’s acquisition of British AI firm DeepMind last year.
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Advisory Series: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been promoted as a tool which could transform the way clinicians work in the NHS. However there is an awareness that the space between the promise and the reality is often large. Kim Thomas reports on the realities and myths surrounding AI in healthcare.
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Healthcare representatives share AI qualms at Intelligent Health
A panel of health system managers, clinicians and policymakers discussed the pain points surrounding AI in healthcare at a dedicated event in Basel.
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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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