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Focusing on how new innovative AI and ML technologies are being used currently by healthcare organisations; and how they will next provide a pathway to powerful and disruptive new innovation capabilities.Â
Theresa May said the NHS and technology companies should use AI as a “new weapon” in research and hopes to see computer algorithms sorting through patient’s medical records, genetic data and lifestyle habits to try and spot cancer early on.
Dr Eric Topol an expert in cardiology, genetics and digital medicine, will lead the report which aims to look into how the NHS could invest in training for its tens of thousands of members of staff.
As Dr Eric Topol commences his review into the training needs of NHS staff and how can they leverage AI, genomics and other technologies to improve care, Stephen Barclay, minister of state for Health and Social Care, says it is key that NHS is “future-fit” to embrace the technological revolution.
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.
Baroness Tessa Jowell is to be the first cancer patient to hand over her medical data to a global database which aims to discover the next generation of cures for rare cancers.
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.
