Australia’s Monash University and Apollo Hospitals have tied up to train AI algorithms to identify and diagnose diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Under the partnership, Monash University will gain access to the Apollo’s extensive, de-identified patient data from over 200 million patient interactions.
Besides developing AI model, the faculty of information technology at Monash University will conduct educational sessions for Apollo’s healthcare staff, and the students at the university will engage with Apollo Hospitals in real-life practical settings to conduct their projects.
“This opportunity provides both Apollo Hospitals and Monash to implement first-ever digital health projects in Australia by leveraging the extensive learnings at Apollo Hospitals. We are particularly keen to locally-test and cross-validate the clinical AI work being done by the team at Apollo Hospitals,” said Chris Bain, digital health lead (faculty of IT), Monash University.
The tie-up also intends to establish a regular multinational health AI event where the research and challenges will be shared on the platform. “Apollo Hospitals is doing some cutting-edge work on clinical AI and its safe implementation. We are excited at what this new partnership with Monash’s Faculty of IT will bring as part of our global collaborations in this space,” said Sujoy Kar, vice president at Apollo Hospitals.
