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The Public Needs to be Onboard for Vaccine Passport Journey

Opinion Article by David Newell, Head of Health, Gemserv
Anyone who's ever misplaced their passport will recognise that moment of panic. Anxious thoughts descend, thinking you’ll miss that flight or be stuck abroad - until you find that little burgundy or blue book hiding where you last left it.

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Using AI to Assess Surgical Performance

More than one million operations are performed in Switzerland every year. A surgeon's skill has a direct impact on the outcome of the operation. Training and experience, as well as momentary fatigue and other influencing factors all play a role. At present, skill is tested by experts, either directly during an operation or by evaluating video footage. This approach is very costly and only a limited number of experts are available.

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Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital Selects uPerform to Provide in-Application Training for their EHR

The Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital (ETZ) based in Tilburg and Waalwijk in the Netherlands is adopting a new digital training platform. It helps clinical staff optimize the use of its electronic patient dossier (EPD) system, Epic®. The healthcare organization is rolling out ANCILE Solutions’ uPerform platform after successful completion of an initial project in 2020.

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How to Make All Headphones Intelligent

How do you turn "dumb" headphones into smart ones? Rutgers engineers have invented a cheap and easy way by transforming headphones into sensors that can be plugged into smartphones, identify their users, monitor their heart rates and perform other services.

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Philips and openDoctor Partner to Deliver Unprecedented Digital Front Door Experience in Radiology

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and US-based openDoctor announced a partnership to deliver an integrated radiology patient engagement platform that leverages openDoctor's real-time online appointment scheduling services as part of Philips' newly launched Patient Management Solution.

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Abbott Introduces NeuroSphere™ Virtual Clinic, First-of-its-Kind Remote Neuromodulation Patient-Care Technology in the U.S.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced the U.S. launch of NeuroSphere™ Virtual Clinic, a first-of-its-kind technology that allows patients to communicate with physicians, ensure proper settings and functionality, and receive new treatment settings remotely as needed. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic has the potential to

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Europe's Digital Decade: Commission Sets the Course Towards a Digitally Empowered Europe by 2030

Today the Commission presents a vision, targets and avenues for a successful digital transformation of Europe by 2030. This is also critical to achieve the transition towards a climate neutral, circular and resilient economy. The EU's ambition is to be digitally sovereign in an open and interconnected world, and to pursue digital policies that empower people and businesses to seize a human centred, sustainable and more prosperous digital future.

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Vaccine Development Software Shows Promise in Influenza Effort, could Help Defeat Coronavirus

A novel computer algorithm that could create a broadly reactive influenza vaccine for swine flu also offers a path toward a pan-influenza vaccine and possibly a pan-coronavirus vaccine as well, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications.

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Automatic Adverse Drug Reaction Extraction from Electronic Health Records

Patients' electronic health records convey crucial information. The application of natural language processing techniques to these records may be an effective means of extracting information that may improve clinical decision making, clinical documentation and billing, disease prediction and the detection of adverse drug reactions.

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