Careful selection of skin lesions that require expert evaluation is important for early skin cancer detection. Yet challenges include lack of cost-effective asymptomatic screening, geographical inequality in access to specialty dermatology, and long wait…
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This study evaluates the CT-based volumetric sarcopenia index (SI) as a baseline prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) in 10,340 solid tumor patients (40% female). Automated body composition analysis was applied to internal baseline…
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Proxy access for families is being piloted on the NHS App, allowing parents and carers to manage their loved ones’ health.
The service being developed by NHS England gives people the ability to apply to…
Dr Vin Diwakar, national transformation director at NHS England (Credit: Digital Health)
Breaking news: Dr Vin Diwakar will step down as national clinical transformation director at NHS England to join Manchester University NHS Foundation…
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Dr Vin Diwakar, national transformation director at NHS England (Credit: Digital Health)
NHS England is inviting applications for the inaugural chair and chief executive of the newly established Health Data Research Service (HDRS).
Prime minister…
Accurate and comprehensive interpretation of pulmonary embolism (PE) from Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA) scans remains a clinical challenge due to the limited specificity and structure of existing AI tools. We propose an agent-based…
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Senior digital leaders in NHS trusts have hailed the “patient-centric” 10 year plan for putting digital and data “front and centre” of the government’s drive to transform the health service. But they warn that…
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The transformation of the NHS App will give patients more power, but digital professionals must ensure no one is left behind, writes Vin Diwakar
During my decades working as an NHS doctor, I have…
Patients will be able to browse and sign up to clinical trials via the NHS App, the Department of Health and Care (DHSC) has announced.
Eventually the app will be able to automatically match…
(L-R) Vin Diwakar, Sam Burrows, Rachel Power, Malte Gerhold (Credit: Tammy Lovell)
NHS England is working with NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) to create a national population health management tool which will run…
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