First rule for start-ups: address a problem that needs solving – AI and Data
Digital Health October 31, 2023
Prospective AI start-ups need to ensure that they are targeting a problem that needs solving in order to succeed in a risk-averse NHS, panellists at a session on “Future gazing: the horizon of AI healthcare start-ups” told an audience at the inaugural Digital Health AI and Data conference Monday afternoon.
Speakers on the AI and Analytics stage discussed their own experiences with running or evaluating start-ups before an audience, including a healthy proportion of digital health entrepreneurs. They emphasised the importance of future testing the business case for innovations to make it more likely that they will be scalable.
“In the NHS, we are trusted with around £170 billion of taxpayer money,” Professor Joe Harrison, CEO of Milton...