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Review Evaluates How AI could Boost the Success of Clinical Trials

Big pharma and other drug developers are grappling with a dilemma: the era of blockbuster drugs is coming to an end. At the same time, adding new drugs to their portfolios is slow and expensive. It takes on average 10-15 years and $1.5-2B to get a new drug to market; approximately half of this time and investment is devoted to clinical trials.

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Are Fertility Apps Useful?

For many women of reproductive age, the most common way of assessing their menstrual health and fertility means regular visits to a gynecologist or another clinician. When it comes to evaluating changes in fertility, menstrual health, and quality of life, these visits typically rely on remembering, which can lead to significant inaccuracies in evaluation.

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Senior Digital and Innovation Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team with a large portfolio of responsibilities. The Senior Digital and Innovation Manager has a crucial role in supporting the delivery of several strategically important digital workstream components across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP).

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Siemens Healthineers, the University of Missouri and its Hospital System Announce Formation of New Strategic Alliance

Siemens Healthineers, University of Missouri System (UM System) and University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) launch "Alliance for Precision Health." The ten-year collaboration will bring the partners' expertise together to improve health care in Missouri State, promote education and launch research initiatives.

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Philips and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy Announce 10-Year Enterprise Informatics Agreement to Increase Efficiency and Improve Patient Care

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU) de Nancy, a leading academic hospital in the Grand Est region of France, announced a 10-year agreement to implement Philips' IntelliSpace Enterprise Imaging Solution, including Illumeo with adaptive intelligence.

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Medtech Industry Calls on All Stakeholders to Support Digital Health Interoperability Standards Specified by the European Commission

MedTech Europe released today a call to action towards digital health interoperability, endorsing the European Commission's Electronic Health Record Exchange Format released on 6 February 2019. The statement also called on European national and regional health authorities, payers and procurers, and adjacent industries, to do the same.

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Allscripts Offers a New Option for Microsoft's HealthVault Users to Transition their Health Data

Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced its patient and consumer engagement platform, FollowMyHealth, as a platform for existing Microsoft HealthVault users to transition and share their health data with family, friends or their home care team when required. FollowMyHealth offers a streamlined option for users to export their existing data and continue tracking their health online or through its mobile apps on iOS and Android.

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Consumers Less Attentive to News Content on Small Screens

Heart rate variability decreases and changes in sweat are muted when viewing video news content on smaller screens. Both are indications of reduced attentiveness and engagement with content, according to a new study involving researchers at the University of Michigan and Texas A&M University.

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Business Leader Cardiology Informatics

Lead the overall direction and success of the global Cardiology Informatics business. The Cardiology Informatics (CI) business is responsible for a broad range of informatics products such as the recently launched IntelliSpace Cardiovascular (ISVC). The current business size is over €150 M annual revenue with the ambition to “double” the business globally in the next 5-6 years.

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Oxford Health Uses Oxehealth Technology to Transform Observations at Night

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new observation protocol for checking the safety of patients with severe mental health conditions at night, after a formal evaluation of technology from Oxehealth.

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