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Doctor's hand in a blue glove holding an AI symbol
18 December 2025

LLMs hallucinate when removing patient info from EPR, finds study

A study has found that some AI tools produce hallucinations when asked to remove patient information from electronic patient records.
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Coffee Time Briefing
23 October 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Time includes Medical Research Council funding to advance eczema treatment and the opening of Oxford North.
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Dr Helen Ashdown, NHS GP and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) academic clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford
18 September 2025

Could an AI breath test speed up COPD diagnosis?

A study will assess whether an AI breath test can help speed up the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Surgeons with OrganOx's metra device
26 August 2025

Oxford-based MedTech firm OrganOx acquired for £1.2bn

Oxford University spin-out OrganOx has been acquired by global MedTech firm Terumo Corporation in a $1.5bn (£1.2bn) deal.
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Ross Upton, PhD, chief executive and founder of Ultromics
11 August 2025

Ultromics secures £41m Series C funding to expand AI solution

Ultromics, a provider of AI-driven cardiology solutions, has raised $55m (£41m) in Series C financing to scale its technology across
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20 March 2025

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Our Coffee Time Briefing covers Birch Hill Hospital's new digital hub, the opening of Royal Free's virtual fractures clinic and
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Image of the world
21 February 2025

AI could help prepare for the next pandemic, say researchers

AI could help to prepare for the next global pandemic and save lives, according to a group of global researchers.
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17 October 2024

Royal Papworth introduces AI software for stroke diagnosis

Clinicians at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are using AI technology from Brainomix to deliver faster diagnoses of strokes.
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Science secretary Peter Kyle
26 July 2024

Government announces £100m for quantum research hubs

The government has announced £100m funding for five research hubs that will develop quantum technologies for healthcare and cybersecurity.
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Coffee Time Briefing
18 June 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

This edition of Coffee Time includes Birdie being named one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies and development of AI
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