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Experts predict that AI supported surgery will become ‘common practice’ in the next five years as a London start-up deploys an Artificial Intelligence Platform set to act as a ‘navigational system’ for healthcare professionals.

Regional partnerships of NHS, academia and industry representatives will be invited to submit a bid to establish a Digital Innovation Hub in 2019.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt trails new NHS patient app that will feature GP record access, appointment booking, and data-sharing preferences.

Findings from the final report of the Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care indicate advanced technologies offer an opportunity to shift the model of care from 'diagnose and treat' to 'predict and prevent', outlining a series of recommendations to accelerate access to innovation.

The new Rosalind Franklin Institute is investing £6m in ground-breaking initiatives that will disrupt the drug development process.

The UK has an opportunity to 'lead the world in the use of data and technology to prevent illness', Prime Minister Theresa May said in a speech today marking a £20bn funding boost for the NHS.

Part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund's from data to early diagnosis and precision medicine challenge, the Health Data Research UK institute will lead the new Digital Innovation Hub initiative, with detailed timelines expected to be published later on this year.

Joanne Bosanquet, Deputy Chief Nurse, Public Health England, discusses the need to stay 'connected to our community' via technology in an exclusive interview with HIMSS TV.

Rachel Dunscombe, Director of Digital for Salford Royal Group, and Afzal Chaudhry, CCIO of Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) discuss the challenges in becoming a GDE on HIMSS TV.

Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to say that AI and data could save thousands of lives if used to improve diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, but experts warn that the ‘right infrastructure’ needs to be in place to underpin these developments.