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Of all the fields that artificial intelligence will disrupt in the coming years, healthcare may see the greatest paradigm shift. AI's influence in the industry will be deep and broad. Image-recognition algorithms already help detect diseases at an astonishing rate. Now, a few startups are using intelligent machines to redesign the clinic, redefine the role of the practitioner, and reposition the patient in relation to her own health.

" The National Innovation Centre (NIC) is part of the Technology and Production Innovation Directorate of the NHS Institute which aims to improve healthcare through technological innovations. Anyone can assess their idea via an online assessment and share their assessment with the NIC if they wish. The NIC considers whether the idea helps to meet a priority area in healthcare and may be able to support the development of the innovation. "

This paper presents the outcome of a study conducted at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in which a prediction market was established in order to forecast demand for services. To the researcher's knowledge, it does not appear that prediction markets have been previously utilized in a healthcare environment.

Every industry is becoming an analytics industry because of the inclusion of data-driven technology. Traditional industries, such as healthcare and finance, are actually purchasing analytic technologies with the intent of becoming digital leaders in their industry. IoT is regarded as a future trend, and according to Gartner, by 2018, six billion connected things will be requesting data support. This requires tools that are future-proofed to handle the mass and types of data that Gartner is forecasting.

Suggestic, an application and Internet-based platform, is looking to fuse medical advances with a growing trend of personalized healthcare - making interventions specific to the individual patient. The company launched a beta version of its technology earlier this month and has a few thousand people signed up in their waiting list to try out the service.

A great introduction to Systems Thinking. Uses healthcare interventions as an example.

" Experienced based design (ebd) is a new way of bringing patients and staff together to share the role of improving care and re-designing services. It is being developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as a way of helping frontline NHS teams make the improvements their patients really want."