--- title: Blog | Intelligent Health | COVID-19 description: COVID-19 | --- [![IH_Year_White](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/IH/IH%20Logos/IH_Year_White.png?width=4168&height=2485&name=IH_Year_White.png "IH_Year_White")](http://intelligenthealth.ai/) [BOOK NOW](http://intelligenthealth.ai/tickets/) ## **BLOG** ## [Intelligent Health UK 2021 themes revealed](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/intelligent-health-uk-2021-themes-revealed) Posted by [Intelligent Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health) on Dec 2, 2020 12:23:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/IH/IHUK20/IHUK20%20-%20Pics/IHUK20%20-%20Speaker.jpg) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/intelligent-health-uk-2021-themes-revealed) They say that lightning never strikes twice, and this year has seen a seismic shift in the global healthcare system. The impact of advanced technology in the healthcare sector has really been felt this year - but will it continue?   One thing is certain - Intelligent Health UK will be back in London with our headline sponsor TPP on the 11-12th May, in partnership with NHSx, here are the themes for 2021.    [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/intelligent-health-uk-2021-themes-revealed) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/intelligent-health-uk-2021-themes-revealed#comments-listing) Topics: [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [Cancer Vs Covid-19: The cost of Covid disruption on Cancer patients](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/cancer-vs-covid-19-the-cost-of-covid-disruption-on-cancer-patients) Posted by [Intelligent Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health) on Nov 5, 2020 4:06:52 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/Cancer%20VS%20Covid%20session.png) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/cancer-vs-covid-19-the-cost-of-covid-disruption-on-cancer-patients) *Around the world, 38% of cancer surgeries have been cancelled due to pandemic.*   We’re in unchartered waters for delivering cancer care due to the pandemic with virtually every aspect of cancer care and research heavily impacted. It’s undoubtedly a grave time for oncology patients across the globe, and there is an essential need for understanding the challenges and being able to identify solutions which can be shared to help get cancer services back on track, quickly.   Never has the pace of change been more rapid.   [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/cancer-vs-covid-19-the-cost-of-covid-disruption-on-cancer-patients) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/cancer-vs-covid-19-the-cost-of-covid-disruption-on-cancer-patients#comments-listing) Topics: [Cancer](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/cancer), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [Impact of COVID-19 Related Shutdowns on Utility-Scale Electric Demand and Forecasting: An Indian Metropolitan Area Case Study](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/impact-of-covid-19-related-shutdowns) Posted by [Dr. Mostafa Farrokhabadi](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/dr.-mostafa-farrokhabadi) on Jun 23, 2020 1:53:51 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/covid19%20shutdown.jpg) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/impact-of-covid-19-related-shutdowns) The ongoing COVID-19 related shutdowns has had a profound impact on the electric demand profiles worldwide, as governments put strict mitigation and/or suppression measures in place. The global electrical demand has plummeted around the planet in the last few weeks, with countries such as Spain and Italy experiencing more than 20% decrease in their usual electric consumption. In view of such massive electric demand changes, electricity network operators are facing unprecedented challenges in scheduling energy resources, as short-term energy forecasting systems struggle to provide an accurate demand prediction. [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/impact-of-covid-19-related-shutdowns) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/impact-of-covid-19-related-shutdowns#comments-listing) Topics: [AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/ai), [Global Governance](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/global-governance), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [Important Announcement: Intelligent Health AI is moving online](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/important-annoucement-intelligent-health-ai) Posted by [Intelligent Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health) on Jun 17, 2020 5:21:46 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/IH_2020-01%20(2).png) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/important-annoucement-intelligent-health-ai) ***The InspiredMinds approach to COVID-19 is with empathy, kindness and collaboration with our community – without borders.***   [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/important-annoucement-intelligent-health-ai) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/important-annoucement-intelligent-health-ai#comments-listing) Topics: [AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/ai), [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [Digital Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/digital-health), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19), [Online Summit](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/online-summit) ## [How Technology Has Inspired Intelligent Healthcare](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/how-technology-has-inspired-intelligent-healthcare) Posted by [Phee Waterfield](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/phee-waterfield) on Jun 5, 2020 12:16:05 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/blog%20pic%201.jpeg) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/how-technology-has-inspired-intelligent-healthcare) As a journalist, I find myself in a strange time — I should be attending conferences in places across the world as this is normally event season. However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some of the biggest events have been cancelled.   However, I had the opportunity to attend a conference online — Intelligent Health Inspired. Unlike the usual webinars I’ve been on, this was set-up like a cross between the buzz of a cinematic ted talk with the professionalism of a business conference, just without the crowds and queues. Something I could get used to. [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/how-technology-has-inspired-intelligent-healthcare) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/how-technology-has-inspired-intelligent-healthcare#comments-listing) Topics: [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [Digital Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/digital-health), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [MedTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [Webinar: The role of AI in assisting LMICs in the fight against COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/webinar-the-role-of-ai-in-assisting-lmics-in-the-fight-against-covid-19) Posted by [Intelligent Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health) on Jun 2, 2020 11:29:02 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/going-viral-5-banner.png) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/webinar-the-role-of-ai-in-assisting-lmics-in-the-fight-against-covid-19) Join Intelligent Health on Wednesday 3rd June at 1pm BST as we reveal the 5th episode of our [**Going Viral webinar series**](https://intelligenthealth.ai/webinars/). Key experts will share insights on the priority health needs, where AI-driven solutions can assist low and middle-income countries in the fight against COVID-19.   Coronavirus Disease 2019 has spread rapidly around the world with devastating consequences on patients, healthcare workers, health systems, and economies. Those who live and work in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) held their collective breath as the single red dot on the world map morphed into red dots in almost every country in the world.   [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/webinar-the-role-of-ai-in-assisting-lmics-in-the-fight-against-covid-19) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/webinar-the-role-of-ai-in-assisting-lmics-in-the-fight-against-covid-19#comments-listing) Topics: [AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/ai), [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [Digital Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/digital-health), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [MedTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [Smart Tech Investments Can Stop the Next Pandemic and Strengthen Global Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/smart-tech-investments-can-stop-the-next-pandemic-and-strengthen-global-health) Posted by [The Novartis Foundation](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/the-novartis-foundation) on May 19, 2020 10:19:44 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/Logos/novartis_new__1_.jpg) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/smart-tech-investments-can-stop-the-next-pandemic-and-strengthen-global-health) *By Dr. Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, which focuses on how data, digital and AI can transform global health.*   As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, the unsteady response can be boiled down to one explanation: We weren’t prepared.    News reports show that even countries with the strongest health care systems have been short of health care workers, hospital space and personal protective equipment for medical staff. And without coordinated systems for managing equipment, hospital resources and operations, national leaders have been forced to make decisions on the fly and learn from the mistakes of other countries. [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/smart-tech-investments-can-stop-the-next-pandemic-and-strengthen-global-health) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/smart-tech-investments-can-stop-the-next-pandemic-and-strengthen-global-health#comments-listing) Topics: [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [Digital Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/digital-health), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [MedTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [The AI and healthcare community join forces in direct response to clinicians demands to be heard](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/the-ai-and-healthcare-community-join-forces) Posted by [Intelligent Health AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health-ai) on May 6, 2020 10:05:34 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/IH/IH19%20-%20Pics/Peter%20Lee.jpg) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/the-ai-and-healthcare-community-join-forces) The most powerful names in AI and the global health community will join forces online for [**Intelligent Health Inspired**](https://london.intelligenthealth.ai/inspired/) (25-27 May 2020).   At a time when collaboration globally is more important than ever; innovation must continue and healthcare and technology professionals must join forces to fight the biggest disruptor the world has faced in a generation, COVID-19. [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/the-ai-and-healthcare-community-join-forces) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/the-ai-and-healthcare-community-join-forces#comments-listing) Topics: [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [Digital Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/digital-health), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [MedTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [Introducing the world’s largest online global summit dedicated to AI in medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/introducing-intelligent-health-inspired-25-27-may-2020) Posted by [Intelligent Health AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health-ai) on Apr 7, 2020 2:31:49 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/Coronavirus%20header%20image.png) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/introducing-intelligent-health-inspired-25-27-may-2020) *Those who have learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed* – Charles Darwin We are facing a critical moment in human history and how we pivot, innovate, and adapt services and solutions as a community will define a whole generation. As a member of the Intelligent Health AI community you are a critical 1 of 52,000 multidisciplinary experts and you stand alongside world leading colleagues from 169+ countries. At a time when collaboration globally is now more important than ever; innovation must continue, and we have therefore decided to turn our global organisational force into platforms to fight for improved patient outcomes together. [Read More](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/introducing-intelligent-health-inspired-25-27-may-2020) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/introducing-intelligent-health-inspired-25-27-may-2020#comments-listing) Topics: [AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/ai), [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medicine), [HealthTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/healthtech), [MedTech](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/medtech), [COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/topic/covid-19) ## [New webinar: Long term implications of health data use in the response to COVID-19](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/long-term-implications-of-health-data-use-in-the-response-to-covid-19) Posted by [Intelligent Health AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health-ai) on Mar 31, 2020 3:23:25 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/Coronavirus%20header%20image.png) ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/long-term-implications-of-health-data-use-in-the-response-to-covid-19) Join Intelligent Health AI this Friday at 11am BST as we reveal the 3rd episode of our Going Viral webinar series: Long term implications of health data use in the response to COVID-19. 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