FDA Launches App for Health Care Professionals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the global launch of CURE ID, an internet-based repository that will allow the clinical community to report their experiences treating difficult-to-treat infectious diseases with novel uses of existing FDA-approved drugs through a website, a smartphone or other mobile device. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - December 9, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Development Research and Development Source Type: news
ECHAlliance is Looking for a Senior Project Manager for its International Project Unit
Location:
Home (EU based)
Job Type:
Full-Time
Employer:
ECHAlliance
ECHAlliance is looking for a senior International Project Manager to join its Projects Unit and work under the supervision of the International Projects Director. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - December 6, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Jobs Source Type: news
Philips and Paige Team Up to Bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Clinical Pathology Diagnostics
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Paige, a leader in computational pathology, announced a strategic collaboration to deliver clinical-grade AI applications to pathology laboratories. These AI technologies, starting with Paige Prostate, aim to help pathologists identify, quantify and characterize cancer in tissue samples and make precise diagnoses more efficiently. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - December 5, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Philips Business and Industry Source Type: news
Artificial Intelligence in MedTech: Delivering on the Promise of Better Healthcare in Europe
The medical technology industry welcomes the new European Commission's priority focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our industry sees enormous potential of AI to make healthcare better and safer, improve access and outcomes, empower patients and citizens with information, and make healthcare delivery more efficient.
There are several challenges that impede the deployment of AI in healthcare. These include a fragmented data landscape that makes access to or sharing of data difficult, a lack of interoperability, and a shortage of incentives for data sharing. Legal, technical and social challenges present additional obsta...
Source: eHealth News EU - December 4, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Publications Download Source Type: news
Open Call SC1-BHC-20A-2020: Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) for Integrated Care Solutions
The objective is to bring radical improvements to the quality and efficiency of public services and service delivery by encouraging the development and validation of breakthrough solutions through Pre-Commercial Procurement. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - December 3, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Open Calls Source Type: news
Owkin Teams Up with NVIDIA and King's College London to Deliver AI to Hospitals
Owkin, which is developing Federated Learning and AI technologies to advance medical research, announces it is teaming up with technology company NVIDIA and King's College London (KCL) to deliver Federated Learning in the healthcare and life sciences sector. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - December 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Agfa-Gevaert Group Enters into Exclusive Negotiations for the Sale of a Part of its HealthCare IT Activities to Dedalus Holding S.p.A.
As announced on May 14, 2019, the Board of Directors decided to investigate the sale of a part of Agfa HealthCare in the framework of the Agfa-Gevaert Group's transformation process.
Today, the Agfa-Gevaert Group announces that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Dedalus Holding S.p.A. to sell a part of its HealthCare IT business (the "Business"). (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - December 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Agfa HealthCare Business and Industry Source Type: news
State of Health in the EU: Companion Report 2019
Europe is a Union of and for citizens. What matters to Europeans matters to the EU. It should come as no surprise that regular surveys and debates across the continent consistently rank health among the top priorities for European citizens. They are right to expect a high level of protection and it is up to all of us - in all the European capitals - to deliver.
Today, Europe is the region of the world with the highest life expectancy. Yet this progress is slowing down, while inequalities between and within countries are widening. Citizens worry that the lives of their children will be more difficult than their own. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 29, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Publications Download Source Type: news
Learning Platform to Improve Health Tech User Adoption Launches in UK
ANCILE Solutions is bringing its content creation and in-app learning tool, uPerform, to the UK health sectorto support NHS organisations with the deployment and adoption of major IT systems.
ANCILE Solutions already delivers uPerform to 4,600 global customers, who use it to train and support users on 200 of the world’s leading business and healthcare applications. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 28, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
GE Healthcare Expands Intelligent Health Ecosystem with Launch of Edison Developer Program to Ease AI Adoption for Providers
GE Healthcare launched the Edison Developer Program to accelerate the adoption and impact of intelligent applications and developer services across health systems. The program is based on Edison, GE Healthcare's secure intelligence platform, and helps healthcare providers gain easier access to market-ready algorithms and applications by directly integrating these technologies into existing workflows. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 27, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured GE Business and Industry Source Type: news
Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithm for Intensive Care of Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with an increasing incidence, especially in low-and-middle income countries. The most severe TBIs are treated in intensive care units (ICU), but in spite of the proper and high-quality care, about one in three patients dies. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 27, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
A Mobile App for Managing Mobile Medical Units Has Been Successfully Tested in Romania
Beginning of March 2019, Merci Charity Boutique association based in Bucharest, Romania started testing the "Mobile app for mobile medical units and cabinets", which helps the mobile dental practice to monitor the performance of the actions carried out in the rural communities. In the past six months, data from 772 children from rural communities were collected. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
How an AI Solution can Design New Tuberculosis Drug Regimens
With a shortage of new tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline, a software tool from the University of Michigan can predict how current drugs - including unlikely candidates - can be combined in new ways to create more effective treatments.
"This could replace our traditional trial-and-error system for drug development that is comparatively slow and expensive," said Sriram Chandrasekaran, U-M assistant professor of biomedical engineering, who leads the research. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
XPOMET © Medicinale Presented Current and Future Approaches
10 - 12 October 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Research and practice of medicine, education, and management concepts - powerful statements and presentations at XPOMET Medicinale enable sustainable healthcare in the future. This was the key take-home message from 2,600 attendees of this festival in Berlin which attracted international and German stakeholders. On the third day, doors also opened for citizens and patients. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Events Source Type: news
MEDICA and COMPAMED Hold their Own in a Challenging and Demanding Market Environment
18 - 21 November 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany.
The demand market for medical technology and medical products is becoming increasingly challenging and discriminating worldwide. Providers are adapting to this on a flexible basis and furnishing appropriate answers that include innovations for modern and cost-efficient medical care. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - November 22, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Events Source Type: news
