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.

The 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.

Plus, a shout-out to Australian health tech company ThinkMD.ai for winning international recognition at the World Health Assembly.

Topics covered:

• New Zealand's renewed investment in digital health and cyber security
• Why patients are increasingly turning to AI before healthcare professionals
• Public trust, regulation and the future of clinical AI
• Google's vision for AI-driven scientific discovery
• Predicting liver disease years earlier using historical pathology data
• Longevity science and AI-powered disease prediction
• What healthcare needs to do to keep pace with accelerating technological change

Resources:

Stryker Vocera's Initial Delays Diagnosis Quiz Link

Digital Health Workforce Census (opens 1 May, ANZ) Link

Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona Link

The Use of AI in UK Healthcare Report, King’s College London Link

WHO endorses precision medicine resolution Link

Congrats to ThinkMD.ai and Dr Jackie Rabec – Pulse+IT Link

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