UK needs to act urgently to secure NHS data for British public, report warns

Algorithms based on NHS records could seed an ‘entirely new industry’ in AI-based diagnostics and mint billions for tech companies, strategic review revealsThe government must act urgently to ensure that patients and UK taxpayers – not just tech companies – gain from new commercial applications of NHS data, an independent review of the UK life sciences industry has said.Sir John Bell, a professor of medicine at Oxford university who led the government-commissioned review, said that NHS patient records are uniquely suited for driving the development of powerful algorithms that could transform healthcare and seed an “entirely new industry” in AI-based diagnostics.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 31, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Science policy NHS Health Society Health policy Politics Technology Artificial intelligence (AI) UK news Medical research Source Type: news