First Entirely Digital Clinical Trial Encourages Physical Activity
As little as a daily ping on your phone can boost physical activity, researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine and their collaborators report in a new study. The finding comes by way of the first-ever entirely digital, randomized clinical trial, which sought to answer two overarching questions: Is it feasible to successfully run an entirely digital, randomized clinical trial? (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 21, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit Collaborate to Address Gaps in Atrial Fibrillation Detection with the Aim of Accelerating Diagnosis
The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit announced at the TIME 100 Health Summit in New York that they are working together to help drive timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AFib) with the aim of improving earlier detection in individuals at increased risk of stroke. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 18, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Heartbeat Labs Hired Babylon Health's Chief Experience Officer
The Berlin-based digital health platform Heartbeat Labs hired Chad Jennings as Chief Product Officer (CPO). Chad is a product and design leader with twenty years of experience at the intersection of product, design, brand, user experience, and technology. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 18, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
AI could Offer Warnings about Serious Side Effects of Drug-Drug Interactions
The more medications a patient takes, the greater the likelihood that interactions between those drugs could trigger negative side effects, including long-term organ damage and even death. Now, researchers at Penn State have developed a machine learning system that may be able to warn doctors and patients about possible negative side effects that might occur when drugs are mixed. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 17, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Combination of AI & Radiologists more Accurately Identified Breast Cancer
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool - trained on roughly a million screening mammography images - identified breast cancer with approximately 90 percent accuracy when combined with analysis by radiologists, a new study finds. Led by researchers from NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Center for Data Science, the study examined the ability of a type of AI, a machine learning computer program, to add value to (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 17, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Almirall Takes a Leap into Dermatology Digital Health Innovation
Almirall, S.A. (ALM) has launched its first call for innovation to start-ups focused on dermatology digital health. This initiative is the first step in the creation of an accelerator programme called the Digital Garden, powered by Almirall and strengthens the company's commitment to digital innovation based on developing services and solutions to tackle some of the present and future dermatological challenges. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 16, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Philips and Spencer Health Solutions Expand Partnership to Europe
Building on their successful partnership providing medication adherence solutions to high-acuity patients in the U.S. Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Spencer Health Solutions announced the expansion of their partnership to Europe. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 15, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Philips Business and Industry Source Type: news
Abbott and Omada Health Partner to Offer Integrated Digital Health and Coaching Experience for People with Type 2 Diabetes
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and Omada Health announced today they are partnering to integrate Abbott's revolutionary FreeStyle Libre system, a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, with Omada Health's pioneering digital care program, aiming to create a new paradigm for people with Type 2 diabetes. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 14, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Cerner CEO Unveils Next-Generation Cognitive Platform in Health Conference Keynote
During his keynote at Cerner Health Conference (CHC), the company's Chairman and CEO, Brent Shafer, unveiled a next-generation cognitive health platform, introduced new tools that allow the company's clients to get more from Cerner technology, announced new predictive modeling built directly into the opioid toolkit and opened up free access to the company's training modules. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 11, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Bayer Inks Deals with Eleven Startups under G4A Digital Health Partnerships Program
Bayer announced today that the company has signed collaboration agreements with eleven digital health startups. As part of the program, Bayer will support these startup companies aiming for longer-term collaborations to drive forward the development of specific digital solutions to improve patients' health in the fields of cardiovascular diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, pulmonology, radiology as well as digital therapeutics. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
SilverCloud Health Collaborates with Microsoft in Pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research to Deliver More Effective Digital Mental Healthcare
SilverCloud Health, the world's leading digital mental health company, officially announced its research collaboration with Microsoft to further enhance its online offering with artificial intelligence (AI). SilverCloud Health and Microsoft Labs in Cambridge have been working together over the past 18 months, in research that combines Microsoft's cutting-edge machine learning and (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Siemens Healthineers Agrees to Acquire Majority Stake in Leading U.S. Healthcare Consultancy Firm
In a move to expand its Enterprise Services business, Siemens Healthineers AG, through Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in ECG Management Consultants, a leading U.S. healthcare advisory firm. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 9, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Siemens Healthineers Business and Industry Source Type: news
Philips Teams with Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex in First of its Kind Emergency Response Collaboration in the UK
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (AAKSS) will equip all of its emergency service helicopters with the Philips RDT Tempus ALS [1] and Philips IntelliSpace Corsium web-based software platform. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 8, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Philips Business and Industry Source Type: news
Patients Say Ask before Using Medical Records for Research
With electronic medical records creating an ideal source of data to inform quality care and new discovery, a key question emerges: How much say should patients have in how their data is used? A new study led by Michigan Medicine researchers finds that even when patients understand the overall benefit to society, they still want to be able to give consent at least once before their de-identified data is used for research. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 7, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Coordinator Digital Health Accelerator
Location:
Penzberg, Germany
Job Type:
Full-Time
Employer:
Roche
Roche Diagnostics is the leading provider of in vitro diagnostics. We have the ambition to continue shaping the industry by developing and providing innovative solutions for labs, payers and physicians, all for better patient health across the diagnostics continuum. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - October 4, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Jobs Source Type: news
