Youssef Aboufandi, Digital Health Consultant at Various Companies and Urology Resident at NHS England, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐇𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞.
𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰:
Imagine a tool that could predict a life-threatening condition.
Or an AI device that transforms how cancer care is delivered.
These technologies are real and already adopted.
but proving their safety and efficacy is tough.
Why?
AI evolves as it learns, making evidence tricky to gather.
Data shift and Data drift complicate things even more.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.
It’s a regulatory “𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐱” run under Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s supervision.
The cohort of 5 startups will test their devices in virtual or simulated environments.
This will help them figure out how to generate evidence and acquire approval.
The 5 startups selected:
- Lenus Health (Craig Turpie)
- Philips (Atul Gupta, MD)
- Newton’s Tree (Haris Shuaib)
- OncoFlow (Aruni Ghose)
- Automedica
The aim for this ‘sandbox’ is to create a tailored regulatory framework built for AI.
This framework will give startups a clearer path to approval.
Which means faster access for the NHS and our patients to AI products.
Innovating safely in a rapid rate once sounded novel in healthcare, I’m optimistic that this will be a reality in the upcoming few years.
Do you think slow regulations is the current biggest bottleneck that AI in healthcare faces?”
