{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PULSE","title":"AI, Patients, Prediction and the Foothills of the Singularity","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1d9af208\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2259,"description":"In this Hot Topics episode, Louise joins from London after an unexpected encounter with the UK healthcare system, while George reports back from the Digital Health Festival.\nThe pair discuss New Zealand's $450 million digital health and cyber investment, a major new King's College London study showing one in seven people are already using AI instead of seeing a doctor, Demis Hassabis' bold prediction that we're entering the \"foothills of the singularity\", and two emerging AI approaches aimed at predicting serious disease before symptoms appear.\n\nPlus, a shout-out to Australian health tech company ThinkMD.ai for winning international recognition at the World Health Assembly.\n\nTopics covered:\nNew Zealand's renewed investment in digital health and cyber security \nWhy patients are increasingly turning to AI before healthcare professionals \nPublic trust, regulation and the future of clinical AI \nGoogle's vision for AI-driven scientific discovery \nPredicting liver disease years earlier using historical pathology data \nLongevity science and AI-powered disease prediction \nWhat healthcare needs to do to keep pace with accelerating technological change\nResources:\nStryker Vocera's Initial Delays Diagnosis Quiz Link\nDigital Health Workforce Census (opens 1 May, ANZ) Link\nHospital Sant Pau, Barcelona Link\nThe Use of AI in UK Healthcare Report, King’s College London Link\nWHO endorses precision medicine resolution Link\nCongrats to ThinkMD.ai and Dr Jackie Rabec – Pulse+IT Link\n\nVisit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news.\n\nFollow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+IT\nFollow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+IT\nSend us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.news\nProduction by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aPsprpFAVit7zUypJXX0uCh0OMcGEtcxnQe9ip-bVNM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lODNj/MDQ4NTZmZWQxNWY5/MmU0YTEyNTNmMjY5/NTk1ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}