Salford Royal introduces first-of-kind smartphone urine test for kidney patients
The trust has launched a digital home testing kit that incorporates a mobile phone camera and computer vision technology with the aim of reducing the need for renal patients to attend hospital for check-ups.
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Ultromics AI platform to expand trials to 20 NHS hospitals
A British AI platform for assisting with the diagnosis of heart disease will enter trials with 20 NHS hospitals before the end of 2018, after securing £10 million in first-round funding.
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IBM’s Watson Health about ‘augmented intelligence for clinicians’
IBM’s Watson Health is at the cutting edge of AI in Global healthcare, chief health officer Dr Kyu Rhee tells Digital Health’s Owen Hughes the increasingly powerful tools becoming available will augment clinicians’ knowledge not replace it.
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Royal Liverpool taps Deontics AI smarts for heart attack treatment support
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is to implement a cognitive computing-based decision support solution system to help improve the treatment of patients who have suffered a heart attack.
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Dictate IT Live taps deep learning for ‘next-generation’ clinical speech recognition
Clinical support solutions provider Dictate IT has launched an automatic speech recognition tool capable of transcribing medical notes in real-time.
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Cyber security news round-up
Warnings over vulnerabilities found in Natus Medical devices features in this month’s cyber security industry round-up, alongside news that Microsoft has put a number of AI business deals on hold over fears that its technology could by exploited for nefarious purposes.
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BenevolentAI receives $115m cash injection to identify new drug treatments
British artificial intelligence firm BenevolentAI has raised $115 million in new funding, which will be used to expand the platform’s capabilities in finding new drug treatments.
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NHS asked to outline data sharing plans for AI by end of 2018
A House of Lords select committee has called on NHS England to urgently develop a consistent and rigorous approach to data sharing agreements, so as to put the NHS in a position to tap the value of AI initiatives in healthcare.
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AI, computer vision and regenerative medicine mark UK accelerator launch
A new UK health tech accelerator programme has unveiled its first cohort of start-ups after launching in London.
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British AI firm lends smarts to Parkinson’s charities in hunt for new treatments
BenevolentAI has announced a collaboration with Parkinson’s UK and the Cure Parkinson’s Trust in an effort to find new treatments for the disease.
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