London hospitals to replace doctors and nurses with AI for some tasks
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London hospitals to replace doctors and nurses with AI for some tasks

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/21/london-hospitals-to-replace-doctors-and-nurses-with-ai-for-some-tasks By Hannah Devlin Science correspondent UCLH aims to bring ‘game-changing’ benefits of artificial intelligence to NHS patients, from cancer diagnosis to reducing wait times One of the country’s biggest hospitals has unveiled sweeping plans to use artificial intelligence to carry out tasks traditionally performed by doctors and nurses, from diagnosing cancer on…

Critically ill ‘should not be made to die away from home’
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Critically ill ‘should not be made to die away from home’

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: Toby Helm Political editor By Better funded end-of-life care would be fairer and cost less, says IPPR report One in three people who die in hospital could spend their final days at home if the government introduces and adequately funds a modern community-based health and social care system, a new report says….

Artificial intelligence can be weapon in cancer fight, PM to say
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Artificial intelligence can be weapon in cancer fight, PM to say

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44191444 By BBC Health News The diagnosis of cancer and other diseases in the UK can be transformed by using artificial intelligence, Theresa May is to say. The NHS and technology companies should use AI as a “new weapon” in research, the PM will urge in a speech later. Experts say…

Growing resistance to antifungal drugs ‘a global issue’
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Growing resistance to antifungal drugs ‘a global issue’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44160730 By BBC Health News Scientists are warning that levels of resistance to treatments for fungal infections are growing, which could lead to more outbreaks of disease. Intensive-care and transplant patients and those with cancer are most at risk because their immune systems cannot fight off the infections. Writing in Science, researchers…

NHS hit squads crack down on payments from overseas patients
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NHS hit squads crack down on payments from overseas patients

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/17/nhs-hit-squads-crack-payments-overseas-patients/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor  Hit squads will be sent into hospitals who are failing to charge overseas patients for treatment, following orders from regulators. NHS watchdogs are targeting 50 trusts who between them have failed to recover £44m owing to them from patients who are not entitled to free care. Senior…