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Brain-Computer Interfaces without the Mess

It sounds like science fiction: controlling electronic devices with brain waves. But researchers have developed a new type of electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode that can do just that, without the sticky gel required for conventional electrodes. Even better, the devices work through a full head of hair.

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Philips Launches NightBalance, Increasing Therapy Options for Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the commercial launch of Philips NightBalance, a prescription sleep position therapy device designed for patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

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Orion Health Delivers the First Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the Middle East

The first Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the Middle East, Malaffi, went live at the end of July just six months after contracts were signed between the project company, Abu Dhabi Health Data Services (ADHDS), and technology provider Orion Health.

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Open Call SC1-BHC-06-2020: Digital Diagnostics - Developing Tools for Supporting Clinical Decisions by Integrating Various Diagnostic Data

The availability of appropriate decision support tools for healthcare practitioners can promote uptake of personalised medicine in health care. There is a need to carry out research activities aiming to develop and validate such decision tools that would integrate available and/or emerging diagnostic means for the area concerned, enabling increased precision of diagnostics and clinical decision making.

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Product Owner Digital Health Solutions

Roche Diagnostics is the #1 IVD company globally. The biggest Business Area of Roche Diagnostics - Centralized and Point of Care Solutions (CPS), has the ambition to continue shaping the industry by developing and providing innovative solutions for labs, payers and physicians, all for better patient health across the diagnostics continuum.

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FDB Response to Public Health England Prescribed Medicines Review - Technology Role

Commenting on findings and recommendations from Public Health England's review into dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines, Darren Nichols, UK managing director, FDB (First Databank), said:

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Machine Learning Improves the Diagnosis of Patients with Head and Neck Cancers

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) have successfully solved a longstanding problem in the diagnosis of head and neck cancers. Working alongside colleagues from Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, the researchers used artificial intelligence to develop a new classification method which identifies the primary origins of cancerous tissue based on chemical DNA changes.

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Abbott Announces New Data that Shows Artificial Intelligence Technology can Help Doctors Better Determine which Patients are Having a Heart Attack

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced that new research, published in the journal Circulation, found its algorithm could help doctors in hospital emergency rooms more accurately determine if someone is having a heart attack or not, so that they can receive faster treatments or be safely discharged.

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MEDICA Becomes Number One Trade Fair for Health Start-Ups too

18 - 21 November 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Healthcare is going digital worldwide at an incredibly rapid pace. More and more applications for prevention, diagnostics and therapy are being made into apps (with matching hardware) for smartphones and tablets or are even available as wearables for direct use on the body.

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Being Open about Open Source

Opinion Article by Shane Tickell, Chief Executive, IMS MAXIMS
IMS MAXIMS entered whole heartedly into the open source arena by releasing our code in 2014; but since then market conditions have changed. Despite this, we have not abandoned the project. In fact, we remain fully committed to it and optimistic that the new team at NHSX will recognise its value. Let me explain.

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