Google’s health chief says the company wants to be ‘trusted’ by consumers
Dr Karen DeSalvo spoke about Google’s vision for the future of healthcare including how the company can help make data more interopeable.
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Exploring common digital health challenges
Claire Read reports from a Royal Society of Medicine event which explored the digital health challenges facing the UK and China.
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Google Health VP talks combing consumer tech with clinical needs
Speaking at the NHS Confed Conference Dr David Feinberg spoke of the tech giant’s plans to “close the gap” between consumers and healthcare professionals.
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Rewired 2021: Big tech as role to play in ‘turning the tide on pandemic’
Speaking at Digital Health Rewired on 19 March, Dr Alan Karthikesalingam said big technology companies have become an important tool for public health.
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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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AI will ‘under deliver’ at first but ‘blow our minds’ in the future
Speaking at London Tech Week Ali Parsa said the NHS is doing “fantastic” work in the field of AI but must not be afraid to participant in new technologies.
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NHSX denies conflict of interest over DeepMind founder’s advisory role
Mustafa Suleyman was approached by NHSX to help the organisation explore how best to collect patient data, including the use of Google’s Cloud products.
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Google Health’s Streams app to go live at Barnet Hospital
Google Health’s Streams app, which provides a rapid alert when patients are at risk of AKI, is due to go live at Barnet Hospital this month.
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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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Google and others ‘not interested in electronic patient record market’
Google’s Cloud advisor said that too much money had been invested in EPR systems to give Google and rival tech giants a window to the market.
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