British Heart Foundation

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27 January 2020

Robotic heart and 3D ‘map’ among finalists for £30m BHF grant

The charities Big Beat Challenge is a global initiative to galvanise researchers and inspire transformational solutions to tackle cardiovascular disease.
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12 December 2019

NHS bosses meet with tech giants to discuss commercial patient database

A secretive meeting, held on 24 October, saw discussions around collecting patient data to improve healthcare services and potentially profit
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8 October 2019

BHF launches £10m national cardiovascular data science centre

The centre will draw data from NHS medical records, national registries and other datasets to explore new therapies and medical
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3 September 2019

Artificial intelligence ‘predicts fatal heart attacks up to 5 years in advance’

Experts at the University of Oxford have developed a “fingerprint” using machine learning, which highlights red flag signs of potential
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news in brief
30 August 2019

Industry news in brief

This month's industry round-up features news the British Heart Foundation has launched a £1m innovation fund to improve the way
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22 May 2019

Collaboration key to “get most” out of technology to prevent heart disease

Computer science, engineering and medicine need to work together to develop the best technology to prevent heard disease, the British
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1 May 2019

NHS needs to do more to inform public on AI benefits, report warns

To allay fears, the newly formed NHSX should work with charities and patient groups to better understand the public’s concerns
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26 March 2019

Chair of BHF says data science will ‘transform’ health

Doug Gurr said the next step in implementing the BHFs “four big bets” included harnessing data science and deploying technology
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11 March 2019

Smartphone ECG recorder is ‘fives times better at spotting heart problems’

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) are calling for greater use of the devices
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28 January 2019

British Heart Foundation funds AI to predict heart disease risk

A team at the University of Cambridge are developing a machine learning tool that helps predict people’s risk based on
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