The Ashfords Unlocking AI Podcast - Episode 8: Regulation and other challenges of exploiting AI in healthcare: what needs to shift?

16.01.25
"AI is no longer optional - we require it to continue to innovate"

In December 2024, Corporate partner and healthcare and life sciences sector head Jocelyn Ormond interviewed Dr Michelle Tempest - doctor, author of Big Brain Revolution and partner at Candesic healthcare consultancy - exploring how AI is transforming the healthcare sector, why AI is integral for innovation in this space and the regulatory challenges that need to be overcome.

As digital ways of working have given the industry access to vast pools of patient data, this podcast episode deep dives into the challenges and opportunities of exploiting AI in the healthcare space including in drug discovery and development, clinical trial optimisation, building capacity, imaging and value creation.

Jocelyn and Michelle discuss how the regulatory approach to AI in the healthcare sector needs to shift and share why it's essential for regulation to keep up with innovation. The pair also share advice for medical device start-ups, advising why legal and regulatory compliance needs to be embedded into the first steps of the design journey.

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