BMJ Future Health
October 2025

We are shaping an efficient, equitable, and sustainable future for health. Our mission is to scale evidence-based digital health transformation, bridging the gap between research and clinical impact. We convene clinicians, patients, leaders, and industry partners from across the world to share what works.

This month: Learn from a senior tech executive, explore research evaluating artificial intelligence (AI) safety and efficacy, and sign up for a webinar on how to co-design innovation with patients. 

Community spotlight:
Meet keynote
Sarah Wynn-Williams

Sarah Wynn-Williams knows what goes on inside the world's largest tech companies, including testifying before US Congress. Wynn-Wiliams brings insights from technology policy and strategy to the BMJ Future Health event next month. Her conversation with Helen Surana, editor-in-chief at BMJ Innovations, will dissect how the policies governing global tech work and their pervasive influence across the healthcare sector.

The conversation will examine the core motivations of large technology players and detail how governments and corporations negotiate decisions on data governance and AI deployment. 

Attendees will learn the practical, real-world implications of these high-level policies for clinicians, healthcare professionals, and citizens. Wynn-Williams will draw parallels from non-healthcare sectors, offering a strategic framework for applying AI responsibly and making sound decisions for patient benefit.

Wynn-Williams is one of over 40 leading women speaking at the event, representing diverse influences across the healthcare ecosystem - from chief executive officers (CEOs) to clinical researchers.

The conference will also feature Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce and Dr. Maxine Mackintosh, who will launch the BMJ Future Health podcast with a live show. 

Ask our Chief Technology Officer: Ian Mulvany

Ian Mulvany, chief technology officer at BMJ Group, is convinced that AI will transform processes related to the creation of knowledge, particularly academic papers.

Wiley on AI recently interviewed Mulvany on AI in academic publishing, discussing the practical challenges and opportunities facing academic publishing and research: AI in Academic Publishing: Expert Insights with Ian Mulvany | Chats Ep 1.

He also penned his personal thoughts on AI in a recent blog post: 'Where I am with AI right now - Genies, Bottles, and Capex'.

Must-reads from across the BMJ Group

Catch up on original research and analysis from the BMJ Group focused on digital health and AI. 

Features, analysis and editorials

  • Transforming women’s health through innovation (The BMJ) 
    This BMJ Collection, developed in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, consists of 11 papers. It provides analysis and commentary on the growing global women's health innovation movement, arguing that to be genuinely transformative, it must incorporate political, cultural, and ethical changes — from applying AI in resource-limited settings to ensuring equitable research design, leadership, and data privacy safeguards.

We're having a collection launch event on 21 October 2025. If you'd like to join the conversation, you can register here.

Original Research: General, modelling, and prediction studies
  • “How long until I am seen, doc?” Modelling paediatric emergency department waiting times to make personalised predictions (Emergency Medicine Journal)
  • Early clinical evaluation of a machine-learning system for risk prediction of trauma-induced coagulopathy in the prehospital setting (Emergency Medicine Journal)
  • Predicting cardiovascular events from routine mammograms using machine learning (Heart)
Original Research: AI scribes
  • Clinical AI Scribes in primary care: accuracy, error severity and implications for clinical practice (BMJ Digital Health & AI)
  • Impact of acoustic and informational noise on AI-generated clinical summaries (BMJ Digital Health & AI)

Open call for digital health and AI papers

Webinars

Jools Symons, a member of the BMJ Future Health Advisory Committee and patient and public involvement manager and communication skills lead at the Leeds Institute of Medical Education (LIME), University of Leeds, will join Barbara Molony-Oates, public involvement manager at the Health Research Authority, for an upcoming webinar.

They will discuss the following:

  • How to bring patients into the process of health innovation.

  • Patient attitudes to digital health tools.

  • How clinicians can shape the adoption and use of different digital tools within workflows.

Join the upcoming webinar: "Implementing digital tools to improve patient engagement and Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) involvement in the NHS" 

Date: Friday, 31 October 2025
Time: 12:00-13:00 BST 

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