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Artificial intelligence

Video

AI: The good, the bad and the beautifiable

In this video, a collection of perspectives and insights to accompany the FHJ edition are explored.

 
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Blog

Fred Vivian: Increasing the use of data to guide decision-making

Fred Vivian looks at how transforming outpatient services is increasing the use of data to guide decision-making.

 
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Video

Behind the paper - Moving beyond the AI sales pitch

This video dives into the Future Healthcare Journal’s paper "Moving Beyond the AI Sales Pitch.  The discussion focuses on how clinical AI should support and not replace clinicians.
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Video

Barriers to AI

John Isherwood, a hepatobiliary surgeon, outlines a Clinical Senate project analysing barriers to implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.

 

Blog

From Dictation to Automation: The Rise of AI Scribes in Healthcare

Clinical documentation is increasingly burdensome for physicians. Dr. Arup Sen has personally felt the impact of administrative demands on daily practice and cognitive fatigue.
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Video

Using AI to summarise research papers

John talks through the innovative machine learning techniques used at the Health Equity Evidence Centre to help navigate the growing number of health inequalities research publications.

Upcoming webinars

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CVP John Dean in conversation with CQID ED Ian Atkinson

As Dr John Dean nears the end of his successful term as clinical vice president (CVP), he sits down with CQID executive director, Ian Atkinson, to reflect on his experiences during his time at the RCP.

In this discussion, Dr Dean shares his insights into the role, highlights the aspects of the role he has enjoyed the most, and addresses some of the challenges he has faced during his time as CVP.

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Toolkit

RCP have launched the new toolkit. Acute care toolkit: 17 Managing multiple medications

The traditional model of healthcare encourages prescribing following single disease guidelines without consideration of the effect of concurrent conditions or alternatives to medicines.

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Book club

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Book club

Dr Kathryn Mannix: Author of With the end in mind

Book club is hosted by first-year doctor, Dr Josephina Price, and the guest is Dr Kathryn Mannix, retired palliative care doctor and author of ‘With the end in mind’.

Discussing a range of topics from, what prompted her to write the book to how the public perceive and understand dying.

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Campaigns

Campaign

Urgent and emergency care

Workforce is the main limiting factor in the NHS England’s national approach to 2023/24 winter planning. The RCP believes hospitals can maximise their impact through four evidence based interventions.

 

Campaign

Transforming outpatient care

Providing care to ‘outpatients’ is central to specialty medicine and the RCP has a key role in the development and improvement of these services. The RCP is setting out new ambitions for outpatient care and the actions we need to take to deliver real change.

The release of our new Modern outpatient care guide

We have released a new Modern outpatient care guide which stresses the need to make planned, specialist care pathways more sustainable for the future.

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Dr Theresa Barnes on the release of our new Modern outpatient care guide
Modern outpatient care - Using resources to add value

Further Resources

Conference

Shaping the future of AI in healthcare: RCR and NHS Global Conference

The RCP is proud to partner with the RCR and NHS for the 1st Global AI Conference in 2025 to share clinical expertise and best practice and discuss the latest cutting-edge developments in this rapidly moving area of healthcare.

  • 3-4 February 2025
  • QEII Centre, London and Online
  • Up to 16 CPD credits

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Parkinson’s Excellence Network

New time critical medication resources for health professionals launched

Three new resources have been launched by the Parkinson’s Excellence Network.

These will support UK healthcare professionals in hospitals to improve the delivery of time critical medication for people with Parkinson’s

 

 

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A series of short videos

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) on chronic cough in adults

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) recently release its clinical statement on chronic cough in adults, which includes a number of clinical practice points of interests to health professionals working in both primary and secondary care.

In this series of short videos, Medical Care – driving change are joined by clinicians and a patient. They discuss chronic cough; its causes, presentation, solutions, and the future.

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