Study to look into how AI could reduce breast cancer diagnosis time
Google Health and Northwestern Medicine are to explore whether artificial intelligence could prioritise reviews of mammograms higher risk of breast cancer.
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New DeepMind AI ‘spots breast cancer better than clinicians’
Google DeepMind along with a number of partners have developed an AI model which can spot cancer in breast screening mammograms.
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Outdated cancer IT systems ‘jeopardising patient care’
Responding to Sir Mike Richards’ review into national screening programmes charities called for recommendations to be put in place “as soon as possible”.
Clinical Software
Screening IT systems ‘unsafe’ and require ‘urgent’ upgrades, review finds
Current IT systems “cannot support the safe running of screening programmes”, Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of screening programmes.
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IT needs ‘radical upgrade’ to improve cancer screening, interim report finds
Professor Sir Mike Richards said new IT systems were “urgent priority” and booking an appointment needs to be as “simple as booking a plane ticket online”.
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Outdated NHS cancer screening IT systems ‘woefully inadequate’
A report by the Public Accounts Committee also found the failing IT systems played a “fundamental role” in missed screening appointments.
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Charities call for quicker access to technology in NHS screening review
Responding to the review charities have called for greater investment in IT systems to improve dwindling attendance numbers and a focus on AI.
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Review of national cancer screening programmes to include focus on AI
Professor Sir Mike Richards will lead the review, which will also focus on current and future IT systems. The review is due to be published in the summer.
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New online tool could help GPs predict woman’s risk of breast cancer
The calculator, which combines a woman’s family history with lifestyle factors, is the ‘most comprehensive method yet’ to predict the risk of the disease.
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Barking digitises breast screening
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a five-year contract with Sectra to implement a new breast imaging PACS, replacing its existing film-based system.
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