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AI models for hospital care fail to detect critical conditions

AI models for hospital care fail to detect critical conditions

Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) - 11-Mar-2025

New testing methods showed that AI struggles with real-world medical emergencies

End-of-life care in the UK is failing patients, report warns

End-of-life care in the UK is failing patients, report warns

The Guardian - 05-Feb-2025

Campaigners call for more hospice and home care funding to reduce hospital deaths

AI sensors in homes help vulnerable people stay safe and independent

AI sensors in homes help vulnerable people stay safe and independent

BBC - 03-Feb-2025

Families feel reassured and find the system helpful for monitoring loved ones

Health-care costs are no longer taking over the economy. But why?

Health-care costs are no longer taking over the economy. But why?

The Economist - 26-Oct-2023

Factors include productivity gains, technology, and slower economy growth

Major illnesses will affect over nine million people in England by 2040

Major illnesses will affect over nine million people in England by 2040

BBC - 25-Jul-2023

Large increases in people with anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and diabetes

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NHS England

National Health Service (NHS) in England

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

The Future of Medicine

Monthly conversation with experts in longevity, speaking Lee Hood, professor at Buck Institute, in-person and online (Novato, CA, USA)

The Laws Of Medicine

Amazon

Book about a new way of understanding medicine, written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist

Nothing to Fear

Amazon

Demystifying Death to Live More Fully, written by Julie McFadden

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