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Jobs frozen and severance plans offered as Mediclinic embraces AI
Mediclinic has become one of the first major local companies in South Africa's healthcare sector to ignite fears of machines replacing humans in traditional...
AI algorithms in diagnosis could harm patients – Dutch study
Experts have warned that artificial intelligence in healthcare could focus on predictive accuracy over treatment efficacy, possibly resulting in harm to patients.
The researchers in The Netherlands suggested...
AI changing radiology, but not replacing human input
In 2017, Ezekiel Emanuel, a well-known oncologist and health policy commentator, said radiologists would soon be out of work, thanks to machine learning.
That hasn’t...
First AI skin cancer detector approved in Europe
The world’s first autonomous AI system for skin cancer detection, DERM, has received Class III CE marking in Europe, achieving 99.8% accuracy in ruling out cancer...
AI analysis IDs warning signs for stillbirth, newborn issues
An artificial intelligence (AI) based analysis of almost 10 000 pregnancies has discovered previously unidentified combinations of risk factors linked to serious negative pregnancy...
AI won’t replace doctors, nurses – Life Healthcare boss
The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) should not be seen as a threat to human doctors and nurses, but rather, as a tool...
NHS trials AI tool to predict diabetes risk
England’s NHS is launching a world-first trial of a transformative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes...
AI chatbots outstrip doctors in diagnoses – US randomised study
A small study found that ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, and has suggested that although doctors are being exposed to...
Regulatory challenges with rapid rise of AI technology
Medical device technology is now deeply entrenched in many patients’ healthcare and can have an extraordinary impact on their lives, with artificial intelligence (AI)...
JAMA launches AI website
In acknowledgement of the increasing importance of artificial intelligence in healthcare, a website devoted to research and news related to AI and machine learning...
California nurses protest ‘untested’ AI tools
Union nurses in the US are rallying against the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools which they described as “untested” and “unregulated” during a...
Valuable medical knowledge just given away to AI
The Authors Guild – America’s oldest professional organisation for writers – and 17 authors recently filed a suit against OpenAI for copyright infringement of...
WHO issues AI regulatory list
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new publication listing key regulatory considerations on artificial intelligence (AI) for health.
The publication emphasises the importance...