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22 August 2019

Dr Google ‘diagnoses’ 100m health concerns as GP wait times rise

More people are turning to Google to self-diagnose their boo-boos and ailments, with Londoners proving the biggest 'cyberchondriacs'.
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8 August 2019

Tech companies renew pledge to support interoperability in health

The likes of Google, Amazon and IBM have all said that “too often” patient data is “inconsistently formatted, incomplete, unavailable,
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Healthcare search
5 December 2018

Trust in ‘Dr Google’ varies when it comes to breast cancer symptoms

A study, carried out by researchers from the University of Surrey, investigated whether women who sought health information online found
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Google Deepmind
22 November 2018

Royal Free: ‘No changes to data-sharing’ as Google absorbs Streams

Royal Free London has confirmed that there will be no changes to its data-sharing agreement with DeepMind as Google takes
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Streams - Google Deepmind App
13 November 2018

DeepMind’s Streams technology team to join Google

The app helps detect early signs of kidney failure and is currently being used at the Royal Free Hospital in
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news in brief
5 October 2018

Industry news in brief

Our latest industry round-up reveals that less than a quarter of GPs in the UK believe the NHS app will
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Google Deepmind
17 August 2018

Tech giants make interoperability pledge for US health data

Apple, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Salesforce will work together to drive common standards for exchanging health information in the US.
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Google Deepmind
6 August 2018

Start4Life expands digital breastfeeding programme to Google Assistant

The Breastfeeding Friend service provides new parents with access to NHS-approved breastfeeding advice at any time of day or night.
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26 June 2018

Deepmind Health should be ‘more transparent about business model’

The company's independent review panel published its latest report which looks its relationship with its parent company, Alphabet, a holding
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20 April 2018

Search engines ‘more likely to provoke anxiety in expectant mothers’

New research has suggested search engines are more than likely to provoke anxiety during pregnancy than other sources of information.
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