‘Care robots’ for the elderly could be developed in the UK after government funding
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‘Care robots’ for the elderly could be developed in the UK after government funding

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/28/funding-for-program-which-could-develop-care-robots-for-elderly.html By Anmar Frangoul CNBC News Key Points Smart, innovative technology is now being used in a number of interesting ways in medicine. The idea of developing “care robots” comes as the U.K. faces an ageing population.The U.K. government has launched a research program that will focus on “making autonomous…

Ask Alexa to diagnose your health problems as NHS announces ‘world-first’ partnership with Amazon
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Ask Alexa to diagnose your health problems as NHS announces ‘world-first’ partnership with Amazon

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/09/ask-alexa-diagnose-health-problems-nhs-announces-world-first/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Families will be able to “Ask Alexa” to help diagnose their health problems under a new deal between Amazon and the NHS. Under the partnership, patients – including the elderly and blind – will be able to receive NHS-verified health information through simple voice commands. Amazon’s algorithm will use information…

Cardiologist Eric Topol: ‘AI can restore the care in healthcare’
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Cardiologist Eric Topol: ‘AI can restore the care in healthcare’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/07/eric-topol-cardiologist-deep-medicine-artificial-intelligence-diagnosis By Nicola Davis The doctor, geneticist and author talks about his new book on the future of our relationship with medicine Eric Topol is an American cardiologist and geneticist – among his many roles he is founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California. He has previously…

UK needs to act urgently to secure NHS data for British public, report warns

UK needs to act urgently to secure NHS data for British public, report warns

ByMatthew Betteridge

Algorithms based on NHS records could seed an ‘entirely new industry’ in AI-based diagnostics and mint billions for tech companies, strategic review reveals The government must act urgently to ensure that patients and UK taxpayers – not just tech companies – gain from new commercial applications of NHS data, an independent review of the UK life sciences…