Ground-breaking AI innovation for emergency care assessment
A pioneering AI technology designed to speed up patient care through improved assessment in the emergency department is currently being trialled at the Royal London Hospital (RLH) as part of a groundbreaking collaboration between Bingli, Barts Health and Barts Life Sciences (BLS). Emergency Departments (ED) are under significant pressure, with the four-hour wait time target consistently missed. BLS is at...
Continue ReadingPutting East London at the forefront of clinical research
Clinical trials are important for helping to improve health outcomes for our community. A Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is both a physical place and importantly a team of skilled healthcare professionals who help to deliver research studies. Barts Health is a highly research-active organisation, and last year recruited more people into clinical trials than ever before. Next year, we will...
Continue ReadingRevolutionising Health Outcomes: The Impact of Barts Life Sciences on Precision Medicine and Global Health
The healthcare research landscape has advanced dramatically in the past decade. Breakthroughs in areas such as genomics now enable us to diagnose and treat diseases with unprecedented precision. In this blog post, we spoke with Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health Queen Mary University of London, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical...
Continue ReadingUK Life Science Clusters and the benefits of an East London Super Cluster
UK Science Parks and Innovation Districts have long been pivotal engines of economic growth, driving technological innovation, economic development, and enhancing global competitiveness. In this blog, Dr. Grant Bourhill, MD at Barts Life Sciences and Board Director of the UK Science Park Association, explores the evolution of these clusters over the past few decades and the anticipated benefits of the...
Continue ReadingFinding Heart Disease Before it Finds You – A Data Science Opportunity
A project using Artificial Intelligence to tackle cardiovascular healthcare inequalities in North East London has been awarded over £300,000 by Barts Charity. The PREDICT project will use patient data to predict and prevent emergency admissions to hospital for patients with heart valve disease. The 3-year project will translate medical notes into structured data which is suitable for identifying groups...
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