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Robot Therapists Need Rules

Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now completed the first study of how "embodied AI" can help treat mental illness. Their conclusion: Important ethical questions of this technology remain unanswered. There is urgent need for action on the part of governments, professional associations and researchers.

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Coordinate My Care (CMC), Powered by InterSystems, Announce Public Launch of myCMC

Coordinate My Care has publicly launched its new service, myCMC, powered by InterSystems HealthShare, which enables patients in London to create their own urgent care plans and share them with health professionals.

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Siemens Healthineers Achieves Important Milestone in Quantifiable Tissue Analysis Using MR

At the ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) in Montreal, Canada, Siemens Healthineers is the first supplier in the world to offer magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) as a product for tissue analysis in clinical neurological research.

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Philips Announces Collaboration with Medtronic to Further Advance the Image-Guided Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced a collaboration with Medtronic to further advance treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), a common heart rhythm disorder. Through the agreement, Medtronic will facilitate sales of products on behalf of Philips to provide an innovative, integrated image guidance solution for cryoablation procedures.

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What Do Parents of Children with Cancer Search for Online?

When a child has cancer, what kind of information do parents seek out? Analyzing their online searches to obtain health-related information offers one window into their concerns, and provides insight into how healthcare providers may offer family education and support. Oncology researchers who investigated parents' online Google searches found that,

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Social Media Has Limited Effects on Teenage Life Satisfaction

Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, used an eight-year survey of UK households (Understanding Society, part of the UK Household Longitudinal Study) to study how long teenagers spent using social media on a normal school day and their corresponding life satisfaction ratings.

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Novartis Presents First-of-its-Kind Algorithm-Based Tool to Help MS Patients and Physicians

Novartis today announced results from a validation study of the innovative, algorithm-based digital solution MS Progression Discussion Tool, or MSProDiscussTM. The tool aims to support and facilitate a discussion between physicians and patients living with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have transitioned, or are at risk of transitioning from relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) to secondary progressive MS (SPMS)[1].

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Mobile Prenatal App Shown to Reduce in-Person Visits During Pregnancy

Using the mobile app Babyscripts reduced in-person prenatal care visits while maintaining patient and provider satisfaction, according to research published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth by physician researchers from the George Washington University (GW).

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Senior Product Manager eHealth Solutions

Do you want to help create the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry.

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Chipmunk Health Chooses Philips HealthSuite Digital Platform to Roll Out and Scale Up its Telehealth Services

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced that telehealth service provider Chipmunk Health, with locations in the Netherlands and Canada, is leveraging the capabilities and services of Philips' HealthSuite digital platform to roll out its new GP-to-patient home monitoring solutions.

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