Phare Health raises £2.5m pre-seed for development of AI products
Phare Health as raised £2.5m in pre-seed funding to support the development of its AI products, designed to free up staff and budgets in healthcare.
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AI needs governance and structure in health, King’s Fund panel says
Allison Gardner, senior scientific advisor at NICE, has told an audience at The King’s Fund that guidelines for AI are still needed.
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Google Health’s Karen DeSalvo says trust is ‘job one’
Google’s search engine and YouTube channel have brought it global name recognition. Now the tech giant wants to be the responsible face of health knowledge.
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FemTech comes into its own as users seek increased data and knowledge
The use of technology to address women’s health problems is being propelled by the desire of women to get access to their own health data.
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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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