Thursday 25 February 2016

Smart care: how Google's DeepMind is working with NHS hospitals

Smart care: how Google's DeepMind is working with NHS hospitals A smartphone app piloted by the NHS could improve communication between hospital staff and help patients get vital care faster

Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s London-based company most famous for its groundbreaking use of artificial intelligence, is developing a software in partnership with NHS hospitals to alert staff to patients at risk of deterioration and death through kidney failure.

The technology, which is run through a smartphone app, has the support of Lord Darzi, the surgeon and former health minister in the Blair government who is director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London.

Everybody has a smartphone ... but the people saving lives every day are hampered by using desktop computers Continue reading... The Guardian

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