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Researchers Adapt Cell Phone Camera for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Researchers have developed an assay that can detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a nasal swab using a device attached to an ordinary smartphone, they report in the journal Cell. Although more research is needed before such a test can be rolled out, the results are promising and ultimately may be applicable to screening more broadly for other viruses.

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DMEA Rescheduled for June 2021

8 - 10 June 2021, Berlin, Germany.
Following the latest developments regarding the corona pandemic the German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors (bvitg) and Messe Berlin have decided to reschedule DMEA - Connecting Digital Health for 8 to 10 June 2021.

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Oxford University Hospitals Achieves Technology Accreditation

The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) in Oxford has been rated highly for how it uses technology to improve patient care.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, has reached 'Stage 6' on the EMR Adoption and Maturity (EMRAM) scale, the second highest rating by the international Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

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AHIMA International Increases Presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Middle East

14 December 2020, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) International and ACCUMED announced today they will host OPERATION: HEALTH Beta Version on Dec. 14, 2020. The meeting was originally slated to take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) this December, but instead a preview version will take place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MEDICA Start-up COMPETITION and Healthcare Innovation World Cup

16 - 19 November 2020, Düsseldorf, Germany.
From the early diagnosis of arthritis to a sustainable energy source and the Wearable, which non-invasively determines the level of urine in the bladder: The great variety of digital health innovations was again reflected this year at the world's leading medical trade fair MEDICA, which, due to a pandemic, took place completely in virtual format as virtual.MEDICA.

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New Lab-on-a-Chip Infection Test could Provide Cheaper, Faster Portable Diagnostics

The chip, developed at Imperial College London and known as TriSilix, is a 'micro laboratory' which performs a miniature version of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the spot. PCR is the gold-standard test for detecting viruses and bacteria in biological samples such as bodily fluids, faeces, or environmental samples.

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Predicting the Price of Drugs Years Before Launch

OKRA, a Cambridge-based provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics for Life Sciences, has developed a new AI system to accurately predict the (a) price and (b) 'benefit outcome' of new drug molecules several years before launch. OKRA's system is the first of its kind and uses AI to deliver detailed evidence and reassurance to pharma professionals to aid the submission process, opening doors for more effective drugs to reach the market faster.

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Remote Patient Technology Helps Reduce Hospital Admissions and Cares for Patients at Home

Remote patient technology is helping reduce pressure on hospital beds on Merseyside by offering COVID-19 patients the opportunity to be monitored and cared for in their own homes via a new initiative.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, one of the leading mental health and community health trusts in the country, launched a pilot of the 'COVID Oximetry@Home' service in April and began accepting referrals from primary care last month.

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Alcidion Expands Partnership with NextGate to UK Market

Smart health tech provider Alcidion Group Limited (ASX:ALC) has announced an expansion of its reseller agreement with NextGate to include the UK and Ireland.

In 2018, MKM Health (which was acquired by Alcidion in 2018) signed an agreement to resell NextGate's market leading Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and Provider Registry solutions in Australia and New Zealand.

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Big Data Powers Design of ‘Smart’ Cell Therapies for Cancer

Finding medicines that can kill cancer cells while leaving normal tissue unscathed is a Holy Grail of oncology research. In two new papers, scientists at UC San Francisco and Princeton University present complementary strategies to crack this problem with "smart" cell therapies - living medicines that remain inert unless triggered by combinations of proteins that only ever appear together in cancer cells.

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