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Patients Say Ask before Using Medical Records for Research

With electronic medical records creating an ideal source of data to inform quality care and new discovery, a key question emerges: How much say should patients have in how their data is used? A new study led by Michigan Medicine researchers finds that even when patients understand the overall benefit to society, they still want to be able to give consent at least once before their de-identified data is used for research.

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Coordinator Digital Health Accelerator

Roche Diagnostics is the leading provider of in vitro diagnostics. We have 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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Health Tech Marketing and PR Agency Increases Life Science Knowledge with New Hire

Highland Marketing, a full service agency for health techmarketing, PR and communications, has appointed Tia Dissanayake to a new account executive role,in which she will support the team withher life science knowledge.

Tia has a strong background in science, having studied biology at university andworked withinthe healthcare and medical sectors.

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Novartis and Microsoft Announce Collaboration to Transform Medicine with Artificial Intelligence

Novartis announced an important step in reimagining medicine by founding the Novartis AI innovation lab and by selecting Microsoft as its strategic AI and data-science partner for this effort. The new lab aims to bolster Novartis AI capabilities from research through commercialization and help accelerate the discovery and development of transformative medicines for patients worldwide.

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The Human Brain Project Calls for Projects to Contribute to its Research Infrastructure

The Human Brain Project (HBP) has launched four calls for expression of interest for projects that wish to participate in the development of its research infrastructure. Proposals can be submitted until 2 December. The selected projects will contribute to the development of the EBRAINS research infrastructure and increase the scope of its application in terms of innovation, neuroscience and clinical research.

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Virtual Medical Visits Get Wary Welcome from Older Adults

The technology is there. The funding is nearly there. The health providers are getting there. But a new US poll suggests that people over 50 aren't quite ready to fully embrace virtual health visits with their doctors and other providers - also known as telehealth. Only 4% of those polled by the National Poll on Healthy Aging had had a video-based telehealth visit with a provider via smartphone or computer in the past year. Their reactions were mixed.

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Patient Safety Learning Urges New Approach by Health and Social Care Sector to Stop Thousands of Avoidable Deaths Each Year

Patient Safety Learning today announced acampaign to end the thousands of avoidable deaths each year from unsafe patient care. The charity is calling for a new approach throughout all areas of the health and social care system to ensure improvements in patient safety. This involves providers, commissioners, policy makers, regulators, patient groups, and individual patients and families.

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IEEE International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering EHB 2019

21 - 23 November 2019, Iasi, Romania.
The 7-th edition of the International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering (EHB 2019) will take place in the city of Iasi, Romania. This year the conference motto is "Smarter technology for a better health" while the sub-domains and topics of medical bioengineering and biomedical engineering represent fundamental pillars for the reinforcement of medical research and of health care.

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Digital Project Manager

The purpose of the Digital Project Manager role is help set the vision and direction of this journey and to drive commercial e-projects through from initial concept to delivery. As a key partner to the commercial units, the Digital Project Manager will seek out new digital tools and platforms and be a sparring partner in setting the digital agenda.

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Secret-Shopper-Style Study Shows Online Birth Control Prescription Overall Safe, Efficient

Web-based and digital-app services that offer oral contraception appear to be overall safe and efficient, according to the findings of a secret-shopper-style study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School and UC Davis that analyzed the birth control prescription services of nine U.S. vendors.

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