Fujitsu Announces Support of AWS for Health Initiative
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Fujitsu in the UK has announced its support of the AWS for Health initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) by bringing Epic in the Cloud to NHS trusts and UK healthcare providers.
The development means healthcare organisations looking to deploy Epic have the option, for the first time, to run the electronic patient record in the cloud.
Collaboration Between AbbVie, Biogen and Pfizer Creates World's Largest Browsable Resource Linking Rare Protein-Coding Genetic Variants to Human Health and Disease
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The access to the world's largest browsable resource linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to human health and disease was launched through a genetic exome sequence analysis collaboration between AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). Managed by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the browser gives access to results from analyses of whole exome sequencing data from 300,000 UK Biobank research participants.
Smartphone Photos can be Used to Detect Anemia
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Philips and Cognizant Collaborate to Introduce Digital Health Solutions to Providers, Researchers, and Patients
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a world-leading professional services firm, announced a new collaboration to develop end-to-end digital health solutions that will enable healthcare organizations and life sciences companies to improve patient care and accelerate clinical trials.
Exscientia Accelerates COVID-19 Drug Discovery Using AI
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Exscientia has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gates Philanthropy Partners, as part of the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator. This is to expedite the optimisation of a new class of COVID-19 therapeutics created using its artificial intelligence (AI) drug design platform.
Open Call HORIZON-HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-01: Smart Medical Devices and their Surgical Implantation for Use in Resource-Constrained Settings
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This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 5 "Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society". To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes.
Philips Accelerates Stroke Diagnosis and Treatment with Expanded Integrated Solutions and Strategic Partnership
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced a strategic partnership agreement with NICO.LAB, a MedTech stroke care company. Together with the recently expanded stroke capabilities of Philips Image Guided Therapy System - Azurion - this new partnership significantly advances Philips' commitment to improving outcomes for people who suffer a stroke.
It's Going to be Quite a Handover…
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Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has been abruptly replaced by Sajid Javid. The Highland Marketing advisory board consider the huge agenda he is now facing, and what it could - and should - mean for health tech.
Matt Hancock's downfall as health and social care secretary was swift. On Friday, barely 12-hours after he had delivered the keynote speech to the NHS Confederation’s annual conference, The Sun newspaper published a CCTV grab of him enjoying a "steamy clinch" with an aide.
Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health: WHO Guidance
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of algorithms encoded in technology to learn from data so that they can perform automated tasks without every step in the process having to be programmed explicitly by a human. WHO recognizes that AI holds great promise for the practice of public health and medicine. WHO also recognizes that, to fully reap the benefits of AI, ethical challenges for health care systems, practitioners and beneficiaries of medical and public health services must be addressed. Many of the ethical concerns described in this report predate the advent of AI, although AI itself presents a number of novel concerns.
Scottish Health and Care Professionals Given Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Status through Orion Health Shared Care Record
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Scottish health and care professionals across a wide range of clinical settings including NHS Scotland health boards are being given access to an individual's COVID-19 vaccine status through the Orion Health shared care record used in 11 out of the country's 14 health boards.