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Partnership between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Siemens Healthineers Set to Transform Care Delivery

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) has selected Siemens Healthineers to enter a 15-year technology and strategic partnership. The Value Partnership includes the planning, installation, and maintenance of 222 pieces of critical medical equipment, with approximately 350 planned installations over the life of the contract.

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Philips and Spanish Healthcare Group Vithas Sign Strategic Agreement

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Vithas Group, Spain's second largest private healthcare group, signed a 5-year innovation and collaboration agreement in the areas of precision diagnosis and image-guided intervention. The agreement will allow Vithas Group hospitals and medical centers to benefit from the latest innovations in diagnostic imaging technology, healthcare informatics, and equipment for minimally-invasive interventional procedures.

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New Neural Network Enables Easy Screening of Sleep Apnoea in Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease

A new neural network developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital enables an easy and accurate assessment of sleep apnoea severity in patients with cerebrovascular disease. The assessment is automated and based on a simple nocturnal pulse oximetry, making it possible to easily screen for sleep apnoea in stroke units.

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Digital Health Platform Advisor

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life.

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County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Selects Cerner to Implement Integrated EHR

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and Cerner have signed a 10-year agreement to implement an integrated electronic patient record (EPR) solution.

The Trust has chosen Cerner to implement the Cerner Millennium® EHR solution, meaning a patient’s full record will be available electronically for healthcare professionals in one place, at any time.

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COVID-19 Warnings Were on Twitter Well Before the Outbreak of the Pandemic

Even before public announcements of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe were made, at the end of January 2020, signals that something strange was happening were already circulating on social media. A new study of researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, published in Scientific Reports, has identified tracks of increasing concern about pneumonia cases on posts published on Twitter in seven countries, between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020.

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Philips and Rennes University Hospital Sign 5-Year Technology, Research and Innovation Partnership to Advance Patient Care

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Rennes University Hospital, one of France's leading hospitals in image-guided interventions, robotics and clinical research, today announced the signing of a 5-year technology and innovation partnership to support diagnostic, interventional imaging and patient monitoring and management, undertake clinical research, and leverage Philips' and Rennes University Hospital's ecosystems of open innovation to foster French start-up companies.

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X-on Develops 'One Number' Contact System to Support GP COVID-19 Vaccine Push

UK cloud telephony specialist X-on is supporting wide regional networks of GP practices to manage COVID-19 vaccination programmes with a simple contact system for patients to book a vaccination.

X-on has rapidly developed a softphone version of its cloud-based Surgery Connect healthcare phone system to enable Primary Care Networks to provide patients with a single dedicated number and support process for booking an appointment at community vaccination hubs.

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Head of Global Health - Digital

As Head of Global Health - Digital, you implement the new digital strategy of our Global Health Institute. Our health solutions for most vulnerable populations focus on infectious tropical diseases (malaria and schistosomiasis as focus areas) which provide societal and business impact.

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UK's Largest Teleradiology Provider Medica Procures Sectra PACS

Medica, which provides more than a million radiology reports each year to help NHS hospitals deliver timely diagnoses and effective care for patients, has announced it will deploy technology from medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra.

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