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MEDICA 2021 and COMPAMED 2021 have Far Exceeded Expectations

15 - 18 November 2021, Düsseldorf, Germany.
After their four-day run as an in-person event, MEDICA and COMPAMED have achieved extremely successful results in Düsseldorf. From 15 to 18 November 2021, the world's leading information and communication platforms for the medical technology industry and its supplier sector presented a wealth of convincing innovations as well as an accompanying programme that covered a wide range of topics (supplemented by digital offers) and did justice to their internationally prestigious position.

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Open Call DIGITAL-2021-DEPLOY-01-HEALTH: Uptake of Digital Solutions in Health and Care

The consolidation of a European framework and ecosystem of digital health solutions and services, covering technological and organisational innovation and addressing the needs of the involved stakeholders, including those of SMEs and start-ups.

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Dedalus Acquires Swiftqueue to Support Patients in Accessing Healthcare Services through a Digital Front Door

Dedalus Group ("Dedalus"), a leading international healthcare software solutions provider, has announced to have completed the acquisition of 100% of Swiftqueue Technologies Ltd a fast-growing cloud-native appointment and scheduling solution provider.

The Cloud-native Swiftqueue solution enables patients and citizens to access healthcare services provided from hospitals, clinics and specialists through a digital front door.

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Report

This study presents an overview of the development, adoption and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and applications in the healthcare sector across all Member States. The main aim of this study was to support the European Commission in identifying and addressing any issues that might be hindering the wider adoption of AI technologies in the healthcare sector. The study will help the Commission to take action to achieve its long-term goal on the effective implementation of AI in the healthcare sector, based around common legislation and policy framework.

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FDA Authorizes Marketing of Virtual Reality System for Chronic Pain Reduction

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized marketing of EaseVRx, a prescription-use immersive virtual reality (VR) system that uses cognitive behavioral therapy and other behavioral methods to help with pain reduction in patients 18 years of age and older with diagnosed chronic lower back pain.

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MEDICA 2021 + COMPAMED 2021: Holding these Trade Fairs in-Person has Brought them Back to Life

15 - 18 November 2021, Düsseldorf, Germany.
This week, all of the big decision makers and professional experts from the international healthcare industry will finally be making their way to Düsseldorf once more. The world-leading medical trade fair MEDICA and COMPAMED, the leading international supplier trade fair, will relaunch in-person then. From Monday to Thursday, MEDICA's 2,900 exhibitors and COMPAMED's 490 exhibitors will arrive from a total of 70 countries and fly their flags in the trade fair halls.

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Siemens Healthineers and UCSF Create First Carbon-Neutral Radiology Imaging Service

Siemens Healthineers and UC San Francisco have formed a research and innovation-driven collaboration to make radiological imaging greener, while improving access to and quality of radiological imaging in Northern California. The agreement will also explore artificial intelligence in radiology, clinical data and image integration, and quantitative imaging.

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Bittium Exhibits its High-Tech Medical Technology Products and R&D Services for Medical and Healthcare Technology

Bittium exhibits its innovative products and solutions for cardiology and neurophysiology as well as R&D services for the development of medical and healthcare technology at the MEDICA 2021 event. It is the world's biggest trade fair for the medical market, and it will be organized in Düsseldorf, Germany on November 15-18, 2021.

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Development of AI Technology for Producing CT Images Based on MRI

Transcranial focused ultrasound can be used to treat degenerative movement disorders, intractable pain, and mental disorders by delivering ultrasound energy to a specific area of the brain without opening the skull. This treatment must be performed with an image-based technology that can locate the brain lesions. Doctors typically use CT to obtain information about a patient's skull that is difficult to identify with MRI alone and to accurately focus the ultrasound on the lesions through the skull.

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New App Helps Parents Identify Treatable Childhood Growth Disorders Earlier

A ground-breaking new, mobile phone app, 'GrowthMonitor' places the accurate measurement of children's height in the hands of parents and carers. Preliminary data to be presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Edinburgh suggests that the app could reliably identify treatable growth disorders, much earlier, with significant improvements in child health.

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