DMEA 2020 to be Held as a Virtual, Free Event
16 - 18 June 2020, Berlin, Germany.
This year's edition of DMEA, originally scheduled for 16 to 18 June 2020, is to be held entirely as a virtual event.
On 16 June selected keynote speeches and other formats will be streamed live. Both these and other program items will be available online on demand.
From 16 to 18 June many exhibitors at DMEA will also be featuring a virtual progam. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 20, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Events Source Type: news
Philips Teams with University of Kentucky's UK HealthCare to Power State's only eICU Clinical Command Center
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and UK HealthCare, the clinical enterprise of the University of Kentucky, announced a collaboration to create Kentucky's only operating clinical command center for tele-critical care and operational optimization. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 17, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Philips Business and Industry Source Type: news
Smartphone Application for Coronavirus Contact Tracing
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a free, open-source smartphone application that permits contact tracing for potential coronavirus infections while preserving privacy. The team's project is detailed in a paper published recently in JMIR mHealth and uHealth. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 16, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Are you a HealthTech or BioTech Startup? Apply Now to X-Europe
The EU funded programme called X-Europe aims to foster the growth of the leading European deeptech startups by providing top-notch training and services, and guiding partnerships with investors, corporations, and governments. The programme is delivered by five leaders in the startup community - F6S, TNW, Design Terminal, Growth Tribe, and TechChill. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 15, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Coronavirus Brings Dawn of Digital Healthcare
In light of the highly-infectious Coronavirus pandemic, healthcare systems across the world have had to adapt rapidly for the evolving situation for three reasons:
1. The need to triage and treat large number of patients with respiratory problems
2. The need to protect healthcare workers to ensure they can treat the sick
3. The need to protect the elderly and most vulnerable in society from being infected (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 14, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Development Research and Development Source Type: news
World-First Breakthrough in Ventilator Splitting
A world-first breakthrough by Australian researchers in ventilator splitting could help hospitals under severe stress as the number of critical COVID-19 cases continues to rise. For the first time, researchers have successfully tested, in a simulated environment, the potential to ventilate two lungs of different compliances from a single ventilator. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 13, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Social Media can Forecast Economic Impact of Disasters Including COVID-19 Pandemic
Social media should be used to chart the economic impact and recovery of businesses in countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in Nature Communications. University of Bristol scientists describe a 'real time' method accurately trialled across three global natural disasters which could be used to reliably forecast the financial impact of the current global health crisis. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 10, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Scientists on Standby Portal Launched to Support the Recruitment of Overflow Resource for the Testing of COVID-19
Scientists on Standby has been rapidly conceptualised and launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis and in anticipation of the increasing pressure on UK diagnostic testing laboratories and facilities in the coming weeks and months. The portal enables scientists with relevant skills and experience to volunteer their time, expertise and support for COVID-19 screening and testing. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 9, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Development Research and Development Source Type: news
SilverCloud Health Announces $16M Series B Funding for Digital Mental Health Platform
SilverCloud Health, the world's leading digital mental health platform for providers, health plans and employers is to enhance its range of therapy programmes in the UK as part of expansion plans after securing $16m (~13m pounds sterling) funding from leading health investment groups. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 8, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Successful Online Management of COVID-19 Infection
A team of researchers in Wuhan, China have developed a multidisciplinary self-managed home quarantine method that was effective in controlling the source of COVID-19 infection and was useful in alleviating the shortage of medical resources. The case study "Implications for Online Management: Two Cases with COVID-19" describes the use of an online/offline multidisciplinary quarantine observation form, (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 7, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Britain's GPs Reducing the Risks of COVID-19 with the Latest Phone and Video Tech
GPs and returning healthcare workers can now work remotely from home to minimise the spread of coronavirus through new ‘breakthrough’ digital telephone and video technology that will help protect the frontline workforce from infection. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 6, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Rachel Dunscombe Joins Visionable
Rachel Dunscombe joined Visionable as its chief technology officer on Monday (30 March). Rachel is one of the best-known health tech leaders in the UK, as a result of her work with the NHS Digital Academy, the KLAS ARCH Collaborative, and Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 3, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Industry Business and Industry Source Type: news
Siemens Healthineers Releases Test Kit for Coronavirus COVID-19
Siemens Healthineers announced the availability of its molecular Fast Track Diagnostics (FTD) SARS-CoV-2 Assay test kit used to aid in the diagnosis of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. Test kits are already being shipped within the European Union for research use only (RUO) to expedite availability while the company continues to pursue Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL) from (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 3, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Siemens Healthineers Business and Industry Source Type: news
Health Tech and NHS IT PR and Communications During the COVID-19 Crisis - and Beyond
Opinion Article by Susan Venables, Founder, Client Services Director, Highland Marketing
It is hard to find positives in the sudden dislocation caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus. A little over two weeks ago, the NHS was being advised to encourage people to use NHS 111 Online to get advice about the disease and to ramp up online booking and remote consultations in primary care. A week later, it was being asked to free-up 30,000 beds ahead of the suspension of all non-urgent, elective operations from 15 April. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 2, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Opinion Business and Industry Source Type: news
Philips Enables Hospitals and GPs to Remotely Screen and Monitor Patients with COVID-19
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it can help general practitioners and healthcare institutions manage the increased patient flows resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak through a dedicated and scalable telehealth solution that facilitates the use of online screening, follow-up questionnaires and monitoring, and external call center collaborations. (Source: eHealth News EU)
Source: eHealth News EU - April 1, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Featured Philips Business and Industry Source Type: news
