Search Tag: AI in Medicine
2025 17 Nov
For much of modern healthcare, medical authority has been closely tied to control of information. When people were unwell, there were few places to turn for reliable guidance and clinical knowledge sat largely within the consulting room. That arrangement shaped hospital hierarchies, policy debates and family decision-making, reinforcing the idea...Read more
2025 31 Oct
Accurate diagnosis underpins safe and effective critical care, yet the diagnostic process in acute illness is inherently vulnerable. Time pressure, evolving physiology and limited patient history often converge when illness is most severe. Critical illness is also encountered beyond intensive care units (ICUs) and in some cases follows earlier...Read more
2025 31 Oct
Accurate diagnosis underpins safe and effective critical care, yet the diagnostic process in acute illness is inherently vulnerable. Time pressure, evolving physiology and limited patient history often converge when illness is most severe. Critical illness is also encountered beyond intensive care units (ICUs) and in some cases follows earlier...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Cancer imaging and image-guided procedures are central to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, yet they carry a sizeable environmental load. Medical imaging is estimated to account for nearly 1% of the global carbon footprint. Environmental degradation increases cancer risk, disrupts care pathways and worsens outcomes, creating feedback between...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Cancer imaging and image-guided procedures are central to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, yet they carry a sizeable environmental load. Medical imaging is estimated to account for nearly 1% of the global carbon footprint. Environmental degradation increases cancer risk, disrupts care pathways and worsens outcomes, creating feedback between...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Cancer imaging and image-guided procedures are central to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, yet they carry a sizeable environmental load. Medical imaging is estimated to account for nearly 1% of the global carbon footprint. Environmental degradation increases cancer risk, disrupts care pathways and worsens outcomes, creating feedback between...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Chronic disease, mental health conditions and lifestyle-related risks continue to challenge healthcare systems worldwide. Alongside traditional treatment, digital wearables and continuous monitoring technologies are emerging as tools to support prevention and self-management. Simple metrics such as step count or sleep duration can be gathered...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Chronic disease, mental health conditions and lifestyle-related risks continue to challenge healthcare systems worldwide. Alongside traditional treatment, digital wearables and continuous monitoring technologies are emerging as tools to support prevention and self-management. Simple metrics such as step count or sleep duration can be gathered...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Chronic disease, mental health conditions and lifestyle-related risks continue to challenge healthcare systems worldwide. Alongside traditional treatment, digital wearables and continuous monitoring technologies are emerging as tools to support prevention and self-management. Simple metrics such as step count or sleep duration can be gathered...Read more
2025 21 Oct
Chronic disease, mental health conditions and lifestyle-related risks continue to challenge healthcare systems worldwide. Alongside traditional treatment, digital wearables and continuous monitoring technologies are emerging as tools to support prevention and self-management. Simple metrics such as step count or sleep duration can be gathered...Read more
2025 18 Sep
England’s National Health Service has set out a ten-year plan that couples service reform with a decisive push on sustainability and technology. Against a backdrop of difficult access to GP appointments, expanding waiting lists, staff demotivation and lagging cancer research, the plan frames a choice between incremental adjustments and a comprehensive...Read more
2025 18 Sep
England’s National Health Service has set out a ten-year plan that couples service reform with a decisive push on sustainability and technology. Against a backdrop of difficult access to GP appointments, expanding waiting lists, staff demotivation and lagging cancer research, the plan frames a choice between incremental adjustments and a comprehensive...Read more
2025 18 Sep
England’s National Health Service has set out a ten-year plan that couples service reform with a decisive push on sustainability and technology. Against a backdrop of difficult access to GP appointments, expanding waiting lists, staff demotivation and lagging cancer research, the plan frames a choice between incremental adjustments and a comprehensive...Read more
2025 10 Sep
The usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare is expanding rapidly, with market value projections for 2025 signalling strong momentum. Yet behind this growth sits a stark reality for new entrants. Attrition rates remain high, driven by fragmented markets and limited resources that constrain many ventures long before scale is achieved. Evidence...Read more
2025 10 Sep
The usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare is expanding rapidly, with market value projections for 2025 signalling strong momentum. Yet behind this growth sits a stark reality for new entrants. Attrition rates remain high, driven by fragmented markets and limited resources that constrain many ventures long before scale is achieved. Evidence...Read more
2025 10 Sep
The usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare is expanding rapidly, with market value projections for 2025 signalling strong momentum. Yet behind this growth sits a stark reality for new entrants. Attrition rates remain high, driven by fragmented markets and limited resources that constrain many ventures long before scale is achieved. Evidence...Read more
2025 09 Sep
Generative artificial intelligence has become a major force in medical imaging, with capabilities extending far beyond traditional diagnostic support. By creating synthetic datasets that mirror real-world medical images, these models offer new ways to expand research resources, enhance clinical training and facilitate collaboration while preserving...Read more
2025 09 Sep
Generative artificial intelligence has become a major force in medical imaging, with capabilities extending far beyond traditional diagnostic support. By creating synthetic datasets that mirror real-world medical images, these models offer new ways to expand research resources, enhance clinical training and facilitate collaboration while preserving...Read more
2025 09 Sep
Generative artificial intelligence has become a major force in medical imaging, with capabilities extending far beyond traditional diagnostic support. By creating synthetic datasets that mirror real-world medical images, these models offer new ways to expand research resources, enhance clinical training and facilitate collaboration while preserving...Read more
2025 22 Aug
Long COVID, now recognised globally as a chronic condition, affects multiple organ systems and demands coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Countries are responding with specialised clinics, rehabilitation pathways and digital innovations. Combining clinical precision, functional recovery and scientific research offers a path to personalised, tech-driven...Read more
2025 22 Aug
The global rise in life expectancy is placing growing pressure on healthcare systems. With age often comes a higher prevalence of chronic diseases, multi-morbidity and complex care needs that stretch traditional service models beyond their limits. Ensuring that elderly individuals receive safe, coordinated and person-centred care is not just a clinical...Read more
2025 18 Aug
Synthetic data has become a prominent focus in healthcare policy discussions, particularly as governments seek to balance the demand for innovation with the need to protect sensitive patient information. Defined as data generated using mathematical models or algorithms, synthetic data offers a way to replicate the statistical features of real-world...Read more
2025 13 Aug
Large language models (LLMs) are entering healthcare at an unprecedented pace, transforming tasks from documentation to diagnostic support. Since early 2023, publications on medical AI have risen sharply, generating widespread enthusiasm across academic, professional and media channels. While this reflects real technological progress, the stakes...Read more
2025 13 Aug
Large language models (LLMs) are entering healthcare at an unprecedented pace, transforming tasks from documentation to diagnostic support. Since early 2023, publications on medical AI have risen sharply, generating widespread enthusiasm across academic, professional and media channels. While this reflects real technological progress, the stakes...Read more
2025 12 Aug
Health systems face a dual challenge: the need to extract meaningful insights from data and the responsibility to safeguard patient privacy. Synthetic data offers a promising solution by combining analytical utility with robust privacy protection. This artificial data mirrors the statistical patterns of real-world datasets, enabling healthcare...Read more
2025 01 Aug
Large Language Models (LLMs) have become a cornerstone in digital transformation, especially in healthcare. However, their standalone deployment in conversational health agents (CHAs) has limitations. Conventional CHAs excel in natural dialogue but lack personalised data integration, multimodal input processing and complex problem-solving. Addressing...Read more
2025 15 Jul
It was funny timing to be invited to write a blog post about what’s going on in healthcare in the US the morning after Donald Trump appeared at the Club World Cup Final in New Jersey where he joined the celebration on the stage where Chelsea captain, Reece James, and his teammates hoisted the trophy and danced in joy. It was a truly crazy...Read more
2025 01 Jul
Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are increasingly relied upon in modern outpatient care to assist physicians in avoiding clinical errors and enhancing patient safety. However, the usefulness of these systems is frequently compromised by alert fatigue—a phenomenon caused by the excessive frequency and low relevance of alerts. Physicians,...Read more
2025 01 Jul
Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are increasingly relied upon in modern outpatient care to assist physicians in avoiding clinical errors and enhancing patient safety. However, the usefulness of these systems is frequently compromised by alert fatigue—a phenomenon caused by the excessive frequency and low relevance of alerts. Physicians,...Read more