Visit from the minister: Danish digital research as a driving force

28 November 2024
Artificial Artificial Intelligence and humans are better together than apart. On a sunny autumn day in November, Minister for Digitalization Caroline Stage Olsen and Chairman of the Health Committee in the Capital Region of Denmark Christoffer Buster Reinhardt got a first-hand look at CAMES, a simulation training center at Rigshospitalet. Here, DIREC had invited them to a talk about how the center is working to make Denmark one of the leading countries in Europe within digital research and innovation.

AI against kidney cancer

24 June 2024
Every year, kidney tumor patients endure significant suffering due to unnecessary biopsies and surgeries. The current diagnostic methods leave much to be desired. Therefore, a research team from the University of Copenhagen, Roskilde University, and the Urology Department at Zealand University Hospital is developing an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to assist nephrologists and patients with accurate diagnoses.

Can AI help a health system under pressure?

16 November 2022
In Denmark we have a shortage of medical specialists and nurses. In 2025, according to the Danish Nurses’ Organization, there will be a shortage of at least 6,000 nurses, and the lack of medical specialists is also a huge problem for a hospital sector under a historically high pressure.