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10,000 patients in Scotland benefit from robotic-assisted surgery

Digital Health - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

The da Vinci surgical system in use at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Image provided by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde)

More than 10,000 patients across Scotland have benefitted from da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) since…

LI-RADS Update Improves HCC Detection Sensitivity

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
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Key Research Findings
Recent findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) reveal significant improvements in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detection using the updated ACR LI-RADS Ultrasound Surveillance system. The 2024 version demonstrates enhanced sensitivity…

Revolutionary 3D Imaging Tool Reveals Heart Development-2025

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
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Key Takeaways
Advanced software enables unprecedented visualization of embryonic heart development through 4D imaging technology. The open-source tool, called clipping spline, provides interactive cutaway views of complex biological structures, revolutionizing our understanding of cardiac development…

Healthcare Privacy: Sequoia Project Explores Consent-2025

DistilINFO Hospital IT - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
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The Current State of Healthcare Data Privacy
The Sequoia Project’s Privacy and Consent Workgroup has conducted an extensive review of existing consent models and frameworks. Their goal: achieving “computable consent” – an automated system where…

Shaping the future of digital clinical safety and patient care

Digital Health - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
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Visit Digital Health Rewired next month to meet inspiring NHS clinical safety officers embracing digital to advance clinical safety and patient care.With digital and data becoming the lifeblood of NHS service transformation, their work,…

Atrial fibrillation study highlights the role of GP data in research

Digital Health - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

A study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health identified 28% more cases of atrial fibrillation in primary care data than secondary care data alone.
Evidence of atrial fibrillation, which is associated with higher risks…

A multimodal multidomain multilingual medical foundation model for zero shot clinical diagnosis

npj Digital Medicine - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
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Radiology images are one of the most commonly used in daily clinical diagnosis. Typically, clinical diagnosis using radiology images involves disease reporting and classification, where the former is a multimodal task whereby textual reports…

CORE-MD clinical risk score for regulatory evaluation of artificial intelligence-based medical device software

npj Digital Medicine - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
AI/ Frequent Updates/ npj Digital Medicine

The European CORE–MD consortium (Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices) proposes a score for medical devices incorporating artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithms. Its domains are summarised as valid clinical association, technical performance,…

Transforming Healthcare Communication with Pocketalk: A Translation Device for Emergency Situations and Everyday Care

Digital Health - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
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In a world where healthcare organisations like the NHS strive to provide inclusive care at scale, language barriers remain a critical challenge. Pocketalk’s AI-powered, handheld translation device is transforming communication in healthcare settings, providing…

GMC study reveals doctors’ views on the use of AI in medicine

Digital Health - (Thursday February 6, 2025)
AI/ Digital Health/ Frequent Updates

Doctors who use AI see benefits for their own efficiency and for patient care and feel confident managing its risks, according to a qualitative research study commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC).
The research…


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