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Players Needed to Solve Puzzles and Help Advance Cancer Research

The CRG and CNAG-CRG have launched GENIGMA, a videogame that enlists players to solve puzzles while generating real-world scientific data that can detect alterations in genomic sequences and ultimately advance breast cancer research.

The game, out today on iOS and Android and available in English, Spanish, Catalan and Italian, is the result of a two-and-a-half-year long citizen science project developed by a team of researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) and game professionals.

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Philips Introduces First at-Home, 12-lead ECG Integrated Solution for Decentralized Clinical Trials

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the introduction of the industry's first full-service, at-home, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) solution for use in decentralized clinical trials. The clinical-grade solution is the most advanced patient-centric ECG offering within the company's cardiac monitoring portfolio, pairing data readings comparable to clinical, site-based ECGs with Philips leading cloud-based data collection and analysis services.

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The First AI Breast Cancer Sleuth that Shows its Work

Computer engineers and radiologists at Duke University have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to analyze potentially cancerous lesions in mammography scans to determine if a patient should receive an invasive biopsy. But unlike its many predecessors, this algorithm is interpretable, meaning it shows physicians exactly how it came to its conclusions.

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust's Care Co-ordination Centre Transforms Bed Management

One year after implementing TeleTracking's patient flow platform, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has significantly improved capacity management and operational efficiencies across the 512-bed organisation. As part of the Trust's digital strategy, TeleTracking's software centralises capacity management and creates shared visibility and automation around staff workflows. Now a year into their digital journey,

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R2G Launches a New Global Annual Survey: Global Digital Health Business Outlook - 2022

R2G launches a new Global Annual Digital Health Business Survey - 2022 to assess the digital health industry outlook in 2022. The survey is conducted by R2G on an on-going basis annually which focuses on gathering opinions from digital health decision makers on how the digital health industry will evolve in the coming year.

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Cleveland Clinic Launches First-of-its-Kind Brain Study Aimed at Diagnosing, Preventing Neurological Diseases Before Symptoms Occur

A leading global healthcare system, Cleveland Clinic, has launched a landmark study to better understand why millions of people around the world suffer from brain diseases, with the goal of pinpointing disease biomarkers early, well before clinical symptoms present themselves.

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iPLATO Healthcare is Acquired by Huma

Huma has bought iPLATO Healthcare, whose patient engagement software covers a network of 26.6m patients across nearly 3,000 NHS primary care organisations and whose myGP app is one of the most downloaded medical apps in the UK. The two companies will continue to operate independently but will combine their expertise to enable more proactive, predictive and personalised care for patients in a joined-up service across primary and secondary care.‏ ‏

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Philips Integrates Cloud-Based AI and 3D Mapping into its Mobile C-arm System Series - Zenition

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced physicians will now have access to advanced new 3D image guidance capabilities through its Image-Guided Therapy Mobile C-arm System - Zenition, delivering enhanced clinical accuracy and efficiency, and aiming to improve the outcomes for patients undergoing endovascular treatment.

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CliniSys Acquires HORIZON Lab Systems and Combines with Sunquest Information Systems

CliniSys is announcing the recent acquisition of HORIZON Lab Systems and the combination with Sunquest Information Systems, as CliniSys. This acquisition and Sunquest combination creates one of the world’s largest organisations dedicated to diagnostic and laboratory informatics.

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The Programme for the Union's Action in the Field of Health 'EU4Health Programme'

On 24 March 2021, Regulation (EU) 2021/522 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 was adopted as part of the Multiannual Financial Framework for the 2021-2027 period. That Regulation established a Programme for the Union's action in the field of health ('the EU4Health Programme').

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented health crisis in the Union and beyond, with severe socio-economic consequences and human suffering. The EU4Health Programme represents an unparalleled Union level financial commitment for health actions in comparison with previous health programmes.

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