Search Tag: Imperial College London
2022 07 Oct
HealthManagement.org is proud to welcome Prof Rachel Dusnscombe as our new IT Editorial Board Member. Prof Rachel Dunscombe is a visiting professor at Imperial College London since 2017 and Director of Digital for Salford Royal/NCA NHS Group, leading the organisation to be awarded most digitally mature in the NHS accolade. For the last five...Read more
2022 12 Aug
Zeta Surgical, a surgical robotics and mixed reality company, has appointed Dr. James Choi from Imperial College London as Focused Ultrasound Lead. Dr. Choi will head the development of an ultrasound device to be used alongside Zeta Surgical's neurosurgical navigation technology to facilitate drug delivery to the brain. Dr. Choi is an Associate...Read more
2020 02 Jan
A newly-published study in the journal Nature suggests that AI diagnoses breast cancer from mammograms more accurately than radiologists. A computer, specially designed and trained by a team of researchers from international bodies such as Google Health and Imperial College London, performed as well as two doctors working together....Read more
2019 06 Dec
National Health Service (NHS) patients' safety is at risk due to critical deficiencies in medical record keeping. A new research shows that NHS Trusts use at least 21 different electronic medical record systems, which poses a big challenge to the effective sharing of information. The study from the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at...Read more
2019 02 Jul
Researchers from Imperial College London have developed a prototype for a ‘mini’ MRI scanner specifically to fit around a patient’s leg. The proof-of-concept study, published in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine , used animal knees to test the technology which uses a specifically-designed magnet and rotates around an individual leg. Knee injuries,...Read more
2018 20 Feb
Fighting hospital patient isolation is the aim of a talkative robot. Looking ahead to increased elderly patient care, researchers have trialled a robot that creates a more social ward environment. What do snowmen have for breakfast?” asks Junior, the hospital’s assistive robotic technology, as he stands in front of a bed-bound patient....Read more
2016 12 Mar
The Patient Safety Global Action Summit 2016 took place in London last week with thought leaders gathering to discuss the future of patient safety. Reflecting the Patient Safety 2030 report, produced by the NIHR Imperial PSTRC, the summit focused on: Taking a holistic, system-based approach to patient safety; The emerging threats shaping...Read more