Opinion
Dr Harry Thirkettle, director of health and innovation, Aire Logic If you have been to any health tech conference in the past couple of years, you already know the version of the NHS AI conversation that dominates the room. It is about diagnostics and imaging, about the algorithm that catches the thing a tired clinician [...]
Australian healthcare software firm Modeus has taken its HS8 electronic controlled drug register into the NHS, with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust becoming the latest site to begin replacing paper registers with the platform. The Melbourne-headquartered company, which has spent more than two decades building paperless medication management software for pharmacies, hospitals and aged care [...]
California lawmakers are pushing to ban AI therapists as interest in chatbot-based mental healthcare has surged in recent years. Under Senate Bill 903, companies would be banned from advertising chatbots as therapy, while AI systems would not be allowed to make therapeutic decisions without review by a licensed professional. The bill would also require patients [...]
Why the UK is becoming one of the world's most important models for transforming discovery into real-world health impact. Today's reports of discussions between AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb are about more than a potential transaction. Whether or not those conversations lead to a deal, they reinforce a broader reality: the United Kingdom (UK) has [...]
By Sanius Health Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining technologies shaping modern drug discovery. From identifying novel therapeutic targets to predicting protein structures and prioritising promising compounds, AI is enabling researchers to navigate scientific complexity with a speed and precision that would have been difficult to imagine even a decade ago. These advances [...]
By Sanius Healthcare has become remarkably sophisticated at measuring disease, yet the way we collect those measurements has changed surprisingly little. Most clinical decisions are still informed by isolated moments in time: a blood test, an MRI scan, a clinic appointment or a patient recalling how they have felt over the previous few weeks. These [...]
By Kieran Killough, partner, HGF Limited For many years, medical device companies operated in a regulatory environment where significant product and compliance information was held within national systems and was therefore difficult for competitors to access. The European Database on Medical Devices (EUDAMED) changes that landscape. Developed under the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and [...]
By Yaqi Xie, co-founder, Neurotact Why developing novel medtech extends beyond the technology itself When we talk about progress in medtech, we often think of visible milestones: securing funding, beginning clinical studies, obtaining regulatory approval or reaching the market. These are important achievements, but they capture only part of what it takes [...]
Most healthcare organisations pour money into GPUs and assume better AI will follow. But compute is only half the equation. In this Q&A, PEAK:AIO CEO Roger Cummings makes the case that data infrastructure deserves just as much attention as processing power Q: Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday healthcare. What are the biggest [...]
By Kevin Monk, CEO and co-founder at SARD JV Picture a typical NHS trust on a Tuesday morning. The cardiologists are tracking their annual leave in a shared Excel file. The anaesthetists are using CLWRota for rostering and leave. They have used it for ten years and they know every feature so you couldn't prise [...]
