Blogs & News

NHS England Hospital Data and Datasets Consultation – Aridhia’s Angle ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

During the summer months our Clinical, Lifescience & Strategy group has been digesting and reflecting on NHS England’s paper launched in July, NHS Hospital Data ... Read more ➜

Text Mining Clinical Histopathology Reports ➜
 
Daniel Thornton

The Aridhia team has an ongoing commitment to researching and integrating emerging technologies and innovations into our product, so we encourage staff to collaborate on ... Read more ➜

Fifteen New Academic Health Science Centres Announced ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

NHS England has announced that it has licensed 15 new Academic Health Science Networks to promote innovation in healthcare and drive economic growth. This is great ... Read more ➜

Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre Appoints First Chairman ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

We are delighted by today’s announcement that the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) has appointed its first chairman, Dr David U’Prichard. David is a ... Read more ➜

Genetics, BRCA and the Angelina Jolie Connection ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

Angelina Jolie’s bold op-ed regarding her recent decision to undergo a mastectomy in the New York Times last Tuesday has sparked significant debate regarding the ... Read more ➜

Where Treatments Meet Genetics: Making Stratified Medicine a Reality in Scotland ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

Earlier this week, we announced our part in the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC), along with the healthcare and clinical research community in Scotland, ... Read more ➜

Using Hadoop for Lung Volume Calculation from Computed Tomography ➜
 
Harry Peaker

This post outlines an initial investigation into distributed image analysis with Hadoop. The investigation focuses on an imaginary case study – the calculation of lung ... Read more ➜

Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012: Improved management of chronic disease should be a priority for the NHS ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

Hospitals are under pressure as increasing numbers of elderly people, a report by experts suggest. Dr Foster’s Hospital Guide 2012, launched last week, is the latest ... Read more ➜

The Genomics Revolution ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

The recent Guardian article on genomics calls for “support from the NHS and better data collection” if the UK is not to lose out in ... Read more ➜

The NHS Mandate is a big step forward for technological innovation and collaboration in the UK. ➜
 
Pamela Brankin

When health secretary Jeremy Hunt unveiled the NHS mandate – the first ever ‘contract’ between the government and the NHS Commissioning Board – last week, ... Read more ➜