Digital Health Section Podcast- Royal Society of Medicine

AI agents in healthcare—promise or peril?In this episode of the RSM Digital Health Podcast, Annabelle Painter speaks with Dr. Keith Grimes about the rise of agentic AI—systems that can reason, plan, and act autonomously. The conversation explores early healthcare use cases and potential future applicaitons, clinical and safety risks, regulatory challenges, and how to get started experimenting with agentic AI. Listen now on your favourite podcast platform.

This episode features a conversation with Pam Garside -chair of Cambridge Angels - a network of UK business angels Discussion topics include:- How to approach and impress angel investors - How to become an angel investor- Pam’s top tips and lessons learned from her angel investing experience- Healthtech market insights and trends

This episode features a conversation with Dr Minal Bakhai - National Director for Primary Care and Community Transformation and Improvement at NHS England. She discusses how technology is enabling system change in General Practice through the Modern General Practice model. Drawing on her experience of product development, user research and design from working with the digital health industry she shares how she is using an evidence based test-and-learn approach to developing new ways of working in primary care and national standards to ensure that solutions are as useful and accessible as possible. Minal shares the most important enablers to shifting behaviour across General Practice, the potential of novel technologies like ambient voice transcription and what you need to consider if you want to introduce a new technology into your practice.

Who will be held to account legally for harm caused by AI use in Healthcare? This episode delves into this knotty question with Majid Hassan- a solicitor and parter at Capsticks LLP specialising in Healthcare litigation. The conversation covers: - Key legal concepts such as negligence and and product liability - How the litigation process would take place practically - Why you could be more at risk from NOT using AI than using it

In this episode focusses on the future of regulatory approvals for AI software medical devices in the UK (and EU). Featuring guest James Dewar- Co-founder of Scarlet a EU Notified body and UK approved body that specialises in certifying software medical devices.  Key discussion topics: The current regulatory position of the UK post-Brexit and the opportunities that this could present The practical impact of the EU AI act for medical device manufacturers within the EU.  What makes regulatory submissions uniquely challenging for AI devices Getting novel technologies such as Large Language model and other foundation models regulatory approval

Pearse Keane, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields and a Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence at University College London, dives into the transformative role of AI in eye care. He shares insights on the successful collaboration between Moorfields and Google DeepMind to detect retinal diseases. Discover the emerging field of 'oculomics,' viewing the eye as a vital health indicator. Keane also discusses the UK’s potential to lead in healthcare AI by merging NHS data with academic expertise and the innovative ReptFound model for enhancing eye disease screenings.

In this LIVE recording of the RSM Digital health podcast from the HETT conference guests Darrien Bold and Dr George Harston discuss the key enablers that supported AI for stroke to be deployed in 100% of NHS stroke units in England Discussion topics include:  The power of top down focus on specific areas of unmet need Efficiencies gained from centralising due diligence and governance processes Resourcing focussed on dedicated central teams, financing local procurement and enabling evaluation  Peer to peer learning and the need for shared learning networks  Guidelines and the importance of demonstrating evidence of value at a system level

This episode features a conversation with Dr Dillon Obika- Senior Clinical Specialist at Google about MedLM: Google's family of medical foundation models. Conversation topics include: - Why and how Google have been developing medical foundation models - How MedLM is currently being used in clinical practice - The challenge of evaluating model performance for clinical tasks - How Google are tackling clinical safety risks arising from hallucinations, omissions and bias

This episode features a conversation with Malte Gerhold- Director of Innovation and Improvement at the Health foundation. It discusses Implementation Insights from the research and policy undertaken by the Health Foundation on Health technology and AI. Discussion areas include: - Why we need to focus on funding change rather than the technology - The public discussions that are needed about trade-offs patients are willing to make when it comes to AI  - Why we need a problem driven approach healthtech adoption  - The importance of avoiding an AI aristocracy in the NHS so that everyone can benefit  Papers discussed: Priorities for an AI in health care strategy How would clinicians use time freed up by technology?

In this episode Dr Kath Halliday- President of the Royal College of Radiologists discusses how AI is impacting radiology. Discussion points include: - The AI technologies that are being used in NHS radiology derpatments - Challenges faced with deploying AI in the NHS - How AI is likely to change the nature of radiologists' work - The use of autonomous AI in radiology Links from the Royal College of Radiologists: - AI Registry - AI education course - AI Code of Conduct