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Newly-Merged Sussex Trust Partners with System C to Join Up Care

The new University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with System C to join up care across multiple hospital sites with the use of a care coordination platform.

The new Trust is formed from the merger of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Researchers Develop Better Way to Determine Safe Drug Doses for Children

Determining safe yet effective drug dosages for children is an ongoing challenge for pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors alike. A new drug is usually first tested on adults, and results from these trials are used to select doses for pediatric trials. The underlying assumption is typically that children are like adults, just smaller, which often holds true, but may also overlook differences that arise from the fact that children's organs are still developing.

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CoolClinical.com has Developed the First AI System for Predicting Outcomes of Cancer Treatment

Cool Clinical announced the release of the publication on the first Artificial Intelligence system for predicting outcomes of cancer treatment, using data from clinical trials. This is a breakthrough for AI approaches to cancer treatment, because clinical trial data are widely available; this research therefore shows the way for precision medicine systems for cancer which are very feasible to develop.

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Are You Ready for the COVID-19 Rehab Hackathon?

The COVID-19 pandemic that struck the world last year is still spreading rapidly across the globe, putting a strain on the health care system. Currently, there are 22,106,557 COVID-19 infected patients in need of some specific rehabilitation therapies.

VR4REHAB organizes an audition process that will see some of Europe's best developers compete to create products that use virtual reality, augmented reality, and digital technology to help rehabilitate people who have suffered from COVID-19.

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Fertility Apps with Hundreds of Millions of Users Collect and Share Excessive Information

The majority of top-rated fertility apps collect and even share intimate data without the users' knowledge or permission, a collaborative study by Newcastle University and Umea University has found.

Researchers are now calling for a tightening of the categorisation of these apps by platforms to protect women from intimate and deeply personal information being exploited and sold.

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Speeding New Treatments

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, mass vaccinations have begun to raise the tantalizing prospect of herd immunity that eventually curtails or halts the spread of SARS-CoV-2. But what if herd immunity is never fully achieved - or if the mutating virus gives rise to hyper-virulent variants that diminish the benefits of vaccination?

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Digital Mental Health Interventions for Young People Are Perceived Promising, but Are they Effective

An increasing number of digital mental health interventions are designed for adolescents and young people with a range of mental health issues, but the evidence on their effectiveness is mixed, according to research by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Spark Street Advisors.

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International Master in Digital Health in The Heart of Europe: Call for Applications is Open

The Master of Digital Health, MDH (formerly - Master of Medical Informatics, MMI) at European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI) - a branch of the Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences (DIT) in Bavaria, Germany - is now accepting applications for entry in October 2021.

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Proposal for a Regulation Laying Down Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a fast evolving family of technologies that can bring a wide array of economic and societal benefits across the entire spectrum of industries and social activities. By improving prediction, optimising operations and resource allocation, and personalising service delivery, the use of artificial intelligence can support socially and environmentally beneficial outcomes and provide key competitive advantages to companies and the European economy. Such action is especially needed in high-impact sectors, including climate change, environment and health, the public sector, finance, mobility, home affairs and agriculture. However, the same elements and techniques that power the socio-economic benefits of

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Leeds Hospitals go Live with Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging to Improve Image Sharing Across Yorkshire

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has successfully implemented Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging (EI) solution, a unified platform complete with clinical tools, reporting and a workflow engine that will help the LTHT maximise its productivity and collaborate with neighbouring Trusts.

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