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Read moreCould Better Access To Health Information Help Relieve Pressure On The NHS?
The NHS, like many health services around the world, is under significant pressure. Rising patient demand, the burden of chronic disease and limited resources mean that health systems, and the people who work for them, are being asked to do more and more without a similar increase in funding. For the NHS, the situation is particularly acute when it comes to GP availability. Earlier this year, figures were released showing that a record number of GP practices had closed in 2016, forcing 265,000 patients to find a new surgery. Furthermore, a recent study carried out by the University of Exeter revealed that two in five GPs are planning to quit within the next five years, with lack of resources and low morale cited as major factors. This is part of a wider trend, with a noticeable impact on patients. In fact, research conducted by Ada found that three out of five Brits say their GP has become less accessible in the last five years. Our research also found that more than half of patients admit that they have chosen not to see a GP about a health problem on at least one occasion. The three main reasons given were the hassle of getting an appointment, worrying that their health problem was too minor and not wanting to waste the GP's time. This is not only unfortunate, it is potentially dangerous since patients are often not in a position to tell how serious their condition is without expert medical advice. It is clear that patients are hungry for more information when it comes to healthcare, and are willing to use online services to get it. For instance, 69% of Brits say they now use the Internet to self-diagnose when they have medical concerns. However, while search engines can be a fantastic resource, they are no substitute for expert medical advice and can often be more of a hindrance than a help. Our research found that trying to self-diagnose using the web often leaves people feeling even more confused and worried: fewer than 50% of the people we surveyed felt that Googling their symptoms actually helped them work out what was wrong, 29% said online diagnoses made them worry more and 20% found the information they got online confusing. What about more sophisticated health tech, such as artificial intelligence (AI)? While the idea of a fully automated robot doctor is still science fiction, our research found that most patients in the UK are very open to using new technologies such as AI if it can help improve healthcare for everyone. In fact, over two thirds of Brits would consider consulting an intelligent machine if it could get them more time with their GP, relieve pressure from the NHS, offer more accurate diagnoses and keep their data safe. This points to a clear role for AI technology within healthcare: AI should be used to help both patients and doctors by facilitating more comprehensive health assessments, earlier diagnosis and better, more informed decision making. By combining the most sophisticated AI and machine learning technology with an extensive medical knowledge base, an AI platform can act much like a good doctor would, asking relevant, personalised questions based on the information provided and suggesting possible causes for symptoms. This is what the team at Ada has spent six years researching and developing, because we believe that there is a huge opportunity for AI to save doctors a significant amount of time, enabling GPs to spend more time on patient care. While it is still early days for this technology within healthcare, now that the first AI health applications are on the market we are likely to see rapid progress in this space. This is because true AI platforms have the ability to learn from every interaction, so every patient helps to improve the system as a whole. Despite what Hollywood might tell us, a fully automated replacement for your local GP is not likely to become a reality soon. The human touch and nuanced approach of an experienced, trusted professional still matter. Even if a machine could replicate those aspects, would we want it to? However, by augmenting the traditional patient-doctor interaction, rather than seeking to replace it, AI platforms are already improving access to quality health information and care. Over the next few years they will have an increasingly significant impact on health systems, creating efficiencies and driving better patient outcomes. AI holds the promise of making high quality healthcare for everybody affordable and sustainable for the long term - something that GPs in particular are acutely aware is badly needed.
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It is official: HealthInc 2021 Accelerator Program Kick-off
HealthInc have officially started their program and onboarded their new cohort. The ride from here will only get better! Next stop: Intensive training sessions and team-building activities. Let's go!
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‘Vinehealth secures £1m Biomedical Catalyst Grant to improve cancer patient self-management and data collection across four NHS Trusts.’
London UK. 09.00 AM February 18th 2021: Vinehealth, an award-winning platform to improve the quality of life and survival of cancer patients through highly personalised patient support, has secured a £1m Biomedical Catalyst grant to deliver their innovative cancer companion app to four NHS trusts within a randomised controlled trial, thus generating robust evidence of the platform’s clinical and cost effectiveness in improving patient self-management and data collection.
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Have you seen 6 Episode | Season 3 of GIANT's Healthy Innovators Live TV Show on our Youtube channel?
GIANT's Healthy Innovators Live TV Show on our Youtube channel Host: Barry Shrier - Founder, GIANT Health Guests: Jeremy Dalton, Author of RealityCheckXR.com Shane Tickell, Chief Executive - Founder - Temple Black - Quantum Health Technologies Rachel Murphy FBCS, Chief Executive Officer, Difrent Victoria…
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conversationHEALTH Adds Text-to-Speech Feature on their Conversational AI Platform
February 16, 2021 (Toronto, ON) – conversationHEALTH, the conversational AI platform purpose-built for the Life Sciences industry has launched a number of new updates to their SaaS platform. This includes a text-to-speech feature available for both text and images on desktop and mobile devices. This feature will be added to a suite of configurations that make conversational agents easier to learn and use by health professionals, patients, and consumers.
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What is the vision of Dr Dylan Attard and Dr Ryan Grech, 2 of the co-founders of Digital Health Malta?
Accessible healthcare for all through digital transformation. Being clinicians with an entrepreneurial flair and understanding of digital and health economics, they understand that the present and future of healthcare is through digital application and innovation. They also believe that healthcare…
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COVID-19 and UK Tech SMEs: Overcoming cashflow issues
Cashflow, the net amount of money coming into and out of a business, is an essential sign in establishing the health of many organisations. This is particularly true of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which typically lack the cash reserves of larger companies. Instead, they rely on predictable monthly turnover to ensure operations run smoothly. By extension, cashflow issues can be extremely serious for smaller businesses that have little buffer to account for a sudden drop in incoming cash, or indeed a sudden rise in expenditure. However, the coronavirus pandemic has had – and is continuing to have – a damaging effect on the UK’s private sector, with businesses of all sizes and sectors facing significant challenges. And cashflow issues have been chief among these. From market uncertainty and stockpiling supplies to supply chain disruption and operational upheaval, COVID-19 has triggered numerous problems for business leaders needing to keep a firm grasp on their cashflow. So, looking to the UK tech sector, how have early stage businesses fared during this difficult period? And, more importantly, what can these companies do if they are facing cashflow issues? Majority of tech SMEs facing cashflow problems
Read moreTop 10 Startups HealthInc 2021 Announced
The top 10 finally emerged! From a pool of more than 3500 fantastic healthtech startups HealthInc interacted with, they have finally selected the top 10 to join HealthInc 2021 program during their Selection Day on 28th January 2021. Afya Bora (Tanzania):…
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Have you seen 5 Episode | Season 3 of GIANT's Healthy Innovators Live TV Show on our Youtube channel?
GIANT's Healthy Innovators Live TV Show on our Youtube channel Host: Barry Shrier - Founder, GIANT Health Guests: Aline Noizet, Chief International Officer, Barcelona Health Hub Tom Sudow, Director, Business Development, "Innovations Cleveland Clinic"
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UK Pharmacogenetics and Stratified Medicine Network Virtual Workshop : Polygenic Risk Scores - Current Status and Future Utility
Save the date: 17 Feb 2021 The event will be held online and hosted by Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed. Find more information here.
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AccessFintech secures $20m Series B
AccessFintech, the fintech company evolving the financial industry operating model through data and workflow collaboration, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its Series B round of $20 million, led by Dawn Capital, Europe’s largest venture capital fund dedicated to B2B software. Existing investors J.P. Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs contributed to the round, and Deutsche Bank has participated for the first time. It brings the total capital raised to date to $37 million since 2018. AccessFintech will use the proceeds of the investment to fuel the next stage of its development, to accelerate product innovation, and to continue its go-to market expansion and extend its partner ecosystem. The company has created a network of participants sharing financial data and standardising workflows. Market participants use the network to collaborate on exception resolution, distribute data and onboard vendors to create a complete ecosystem for data and workflow management. Since launch, AccessFintech has already gone live with 10 financial products and is in proof-of-concept or live testing with another 11 products. The collaboration ecosystem has the participation of many of the leading global banks and broker-dealers, custodians, asset managers and has created workflow partnerships with industry vendors and peers. AccessFintech CEO Roy Saadon said: “Over the past two years our mission to evolve the financial industry operating model has gained significant traction and it is testament to the energy and skill of our team, the support of our clients and our wider network that we have reached this important milestone
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