We could Soon Use AI to Detect Brain Tumors

A new paper in Biology Methods and Protocols, published by Oxford University Press, shows that scientists can train artificial intelligence (AI) models to distinguish brain tumors from healthy tissue. AI models can already find brain tumors in MRI images almost as well as a human radiologist.

Researchers have made sustained progress in artificial intelligence (AI) for use in medicine. AI is particularly promising in radiology, where waiting for technicians to process medical images can delay patient treatment.

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Telehealth Significantly Boosts Treatment Success for Hepatitis C in Rural Patients

New research reveals a dramatic improvement in diagnosing and curing people living with hepatitis C in rural communities using both telemedicine and support from peers with lived experience in drug use.

The study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, outlines the results of a randomized controlled trial led by Oregon Health & Science University in seven rural counties in Oregon.

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AI can Predict Study Results Better than Human Experts

Large language models, a type of AI that analyses text, can predict the results of proposed neuroscience studies more accurately than human experts, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

The findings, published in Nature Human Behaviour, demonstrate that large language models (LLMs) trained on vast datasets of text can distil patterns from scientific literature, enabling them to forecast scientific outcomes with superhuman accuracy.

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Is Your Marketing Effective for an NHS CIO or CNIO?

How can you make sure you get the right message across to an NHS chief information officer, or chief nursing information officer?

Replay this webinar with Professor Natasha Phillips, former NHS England CNIO, and Neil Perry, a former acute trust CIO, in live conversation with Highland Marketing's Matthew D'Arcy and the ABHI's Jonathan Evans.

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Using AI to Treat Infections more Accurately

New research from the Centres for Antimicrobial Optimisation Network (CAMO-Net) at the University of Liverpool has shown that using artificial intelligence (AI) can improve how we treat urinary tract infections (UTIs), and help to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve and no longer respond to treatments that were once effective.

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500 Patient Images per Second Shared through National Portal as NHS Tackles Backlogs

The image exchange portal, widely known in the NHS as the IEP, is now being used to share as many as 500 images each second - including x-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasound scans and more.

The system was first introduced into the NHS in 2009, to allow trusts to share images with each other. Greater reliance on the independent sector to help to tackle diagnostic backlogs, and an increase in patients requesting access to their own images, have contributed to a growth in use of the portal, as more images move beyond organisational boundaries.

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Jane Stephenson Joins SPARK TSL as Chief Executive

Jane Stephenson has joined SPARK TSL as chief executive as the company looks to establish the benefits of SPARK Fusion with trusts looking for deployable solutions to improve productivity.

Stephenson joins the company from System C Healthcare, where she was chief revenue officer, having previously led Clevermed, the provider of the BadgerNet neonatal and maternity system.

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Heart Attacks could be Ruled Out Early with New Test, Researchers Find

As many as 60% of people presenting to emergency departments around the world with heart attack symptoms could be safely sent home, many at earlier stages, with the support of a new high-sensitivity cardiac troponin test, researchers in the US have found.

The assay from global health technology provider Mindray allows clinical teams to measure cardiac troponin I proteins that are released into the blood during heart attacks, and when the heart is damaged.

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Northern Ireland's Laboratory Services Reach another IT Milestone

The transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has achieved another milestone, with the completion of phase three of the CoreLIMS programme to deploy Clinisys WinPath to all five health and social care trusts and the blood transfusion service.

Phase three was completed in late October, when Northern Health and Social Care Trust went live with the laboratory information management system in blood sciences and microbiology, and the national cervical cytology screening service hosted by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust adopted the LIMS.

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NIH-Developed AI Algorithm Successfully Matches Potential Volunteers to Clinical Trials Release

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help speed up the process of matching potential volunteers to relevant clinical research trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study published in Nature Communications found that the AI algorithm, called TrialGPT, could successfully identify relevant clinical trials for which a person is eligible and provide a summary that clearly explains how that person meets the criteria for study enrollment.

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