NICE Unveils Cutting-Edge AI and Digital Regulations Service to Propel Healthcare Innovation

Highlights

• NICE will assist the NHS and the broader healthcare system to make full use of emerging digital and AI technologies

• The AI and Digital Regulations Service has been established in collaboration with four UK healthcare businesses

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently made public the opening of a new online advising service. This will assist NHS in making full use of emerging digital and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The AI and Digital Regulations Service is a collaboration between NICE, the Care Quality Commission, the Health Research Authority, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The service integrates information from all four organisations, and the website provides clients with comprehensive regulatory help at every stage of the adoption process.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Specialist Physicist and Head of Clinical Scientific Computing Haris Shuaib stated “The Artificial Intelligence and Digital Regulations Service is a fantastic resource.” My role at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital is to facilitate AI adoption. Previously, this was a difficult and hazardous task. This new service offers a unified and consistent adoption process. It will support individuals in implementing such technology safely and quickly for the benefit of patients.”

“This service will assist developers and the NHS in effectively deploying impactful AI and digital technologies. It provides practical advice on how to locate, test, and apply such technologies,” said Mark Chapman, NICE’s Interim Director of Medical Technologies.

The MHRA’s Chief Quality and Access Officer, Dr Laura Squire, added, “This innovative advice service will not only benefit developers and NHS adopters, it will also assure clinicians and provide them with confidence when using these cutting-edge technologies to provide care for patients across the UK.”

“The NHS AI Lab brought the regulatory agencies together to clarify and simplify the developer and adopter journey so we can support the NHS to embed the most effective digital technologies within clinical pathways and enable best practice so these tools are used safely and effectively,” said Dominic Cushnan, Director of AI, Imaging, and Deployment at NHS England.

The goal of the NICE advanced AI and Digital Regulations Service initiative is to promote innovation in the healthcare industry. With the use of digital and artificial intelligence, this service aims to raise the bar for regulations and advance the healthcare industry.