Healum has launched a research network to give patients a say in how newly developed AI technology for healthcare is shaped.

People will now be able to share their data on health outcomes and medical and non-medical treatments received with healthcare professionals, who can then better understand what combinations of care and lifestyle choices work for different people.

Jonathan Abraham, chief executive and co-founder of digital health software provider Healum added: “Artificial intelligence has the potential to unlock many benefits for healthcare if it is guided by the wisdom of the people that deliver and use services. Our research to date has seen the powerful network effects of crowdsourcing data from healthcare professionals and their consenting patients to train machine learning algorithms that can identify the optimal set of choices for an individual.”

Those enrolled on the new open health research community will be able to use an app to manage their long-term health condition and control how their data is shared. The research community will help healthcare providers better understand the approaches their peers are taking for patients with similar profiles.

The shared data will help other patients with similar conditions, by informing healthcare providers and researchers about which approaches worked best to achieve desired health outcomes.

The digital platform allows healthcare professionals working in primary and secondary care to co-create digital care plans with their patients in a shared decision-making process.