Watford, Hertfordshire – We are pleased to inform you that there was a conference of London Artificial Intelligence Group on clinical artificial intelligence at Watford, Hertfordshire on the 19th May 2019. About 60 delegates from seven countries participated in the meeting. Around one-third of the conference delegates were renowned clinicians from various NHS trusts such as Bart’s health NHS, Sunderland Royal NHS, Northwick Park & St Mark’s NHS, Ealing Hospital NHS, Imperial College London, West Virginia University, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, etc. Rest of the participants in the conference were experts in artificial intelligence, machine learning, UI/UX developers, software designers, software developers, software builders, software testers and healthcare management consultants. Representatives of the Conservative party, Liberal Democrat and Labour party also participated in the meeting. The chief guests of the function were Lord R Swinfen, Professor Shafi Ahmed, from Royal London NHS and Prof V K Raju, a world-renowned ophthalmologist from the West Virginia University.
The main focus of the discussion was to discuss if the NHS has the potential to become Google in the field of clinical artificial intelligence. The potential of the NHS data and talent to develop clinical artificial intelligence matrix to digitalise and transform the healthcare was articulated in the meeting. The potential benefits discussed included maximising the clinical benefits to the patient, reducing the patient inconvenience, minimising the medical and healthcare errors, improve patient and staff safety at workplace, reduce the expenditure, improving the efficiency, developing workflow automation, developing friendly working environment, maximising the innovation potential of NHS and promoting the ethical practice of medicine. The delegates shared various points on practical steps and strategies to reduce the fear-mongering amongst the general public, e.g. unemployment, data security and ethical issues where are also part of the discussion.
Another critical point of discussion was how to create awareness about clinical artificial intelligence system amongst clinicians and healthcare workers. It was further agreed to form a collaborative platform/group to share ideas and to create an artificial intelligence matrix. There were discussions and agreements on developing a joint minimum manifesto. It was also discussed how the group will communicate to the government and regulatory bodies to facilitate the implementation of the new age digital technologies at the workplace.
London Artificial Intelligence Group is the informal name of this group of professionals until its incorporation. Dr Aswini Misro hosted the meeting. Any questions or clarifications regarding this can be addressed to him at his email address draswini@gmail.com.
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Dr Aswini Misro hosting the London Group of Clinical Artificial Intelligence Meet
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