Invest a Billion for a Ten Billion Return
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Opinion Article by Shane Tickell, Chief Executive, IMS MAXIMSRecently, the Sunday papers and politics programmes were dominated by what the BBC called "a £1.8 billion cash-boost for the NHS."
From this we had learned that £850 million of this will pay for the "20 hospital upgrades" that Boris Johnson promised as he entered Number 10 Downing Street for the first time.
Milton Keynes Hospital Becomes First NHS Trust to Digitally Share Information to Protect Women from FGM
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Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) has become the first NHS Trust to introduce an information sharing tool which aims to protect women at risk of suffering female genital mutilation (FGM). The Female Genital Mutilation-Information Sharing (FGM-IS) solution is a tool which allows relevant, authorised healthcare professionals and administrative staff in the region to view information about girls with a family history of FGM, providing an opportunity to safeguard at-risk patients.
Global Clinical + Care Coordination Forum Announces 2nd "Care 2025"
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The Global Clinical + Care Coordination Forum (GCCCF) will welcome managers from hospitals and clinics, scientists and researchers, political decision-makers as well as industrial partners from all health-related fields once again to its annual conference "Care 2025". The conference aims at discussing innovative strategies and latest approaches for the transformation of care delivery.
NHS Patient Safety Technology Provider Patientrack Becomes Alcidion
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A technology company that has helped NHS hospitals in England and Scotland to quickly identify and respond to their sickest patients, will now be known as Alcidion. Patientrack, which is known for providing technology for electronic patient observations and early warnings of patient deterioration to the NHS, first announced it had been acquired by Alcidion Group Limited in 2018.
Allscripts Listed on Lot One of Health Systems Support Framework
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Allscripts has been included on a new list of accredited suppliers of electronic patient records that has been published by NHS England and NHSX. The company is one of just eight vendors listed on lot one of the Health Systems Support Framework, which is expected to become one of the main routes for NHS trusts to procure digital services, software and infrastructure.
Isansys Named as Finalist for OBN's Most Transformative Digital Healthcare Company Award
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Isansys Lifecare is proud to announce it has been shortlisted in the Most Transformative Digital Healthcare Company category at the OBN Annual Awards 2019. The award recognises the significant uptake of the technology by healthcare providers and the real impact Isansys' technology is having on patients and hospitals globally.
Siemens Healthineers to Acquire Forerunner in Robotic-Assisted Vascular Interventions
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Siemens Healthineers AG has entered into a merger agreement with U.S.-based Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (NYSE American: CVRS), a global technology leader for robotic-assisted vascular interventions. Under the terms of the agreement, Siemens Healthineers will acquire all fully diluted shares of Corindus for $4.28 per share in cash or $1.1 billion in total.
Spot On for Healthcare Technology Startups at XPOMET© Medicinale©
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10 - 12 October 2019, Berlin, Germany.XPOMET Medicinale brings together care providers, patients, and in general stakeholders from all health-related fields and geographic regions. The Festival of Future Medicine and Nursing aims at presenting innovation and disruptionin times of transformation, and at fostering embracement of new technologies.
Lilly, Evidation Health and Apple Study Shows Personal Digital Devices May Help in the Identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer's Disease Dementia
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Initial results from a feasibility study conducted by Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), Evidation Health, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) showed that an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and the Beddit sleep monitoring device, in combination with digital apps may be able to differentiate people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease dementia.
Call for Tenders: Studies on eHealth, Interoperability of Health Data and Artificial Intelligence for Health and Care in the EU
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The European Commission is launching a tender for two studies to survey and analyse progress on the digital transformation of the health and care in the EU, in particular with regard to citizens' access to their electronic health records (EHR) in the EU Member States and the development, adoption and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the health and care sector in the EU.