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EMEA Product Manager Digital Solutions, Healthcare Solutions & Partnerships

The core objectives of this role are to define and own the business proposition for specific solutions, throughout lifecycle (conception, development, launch, and retirement) within target markets to fulfil customer needs.

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Using AI in NHS Diagnosis: Apply for Funding

X-rays of arms and legs are among the most frequent diagnosis processes used by NHS Scotland, with around 5,000 procedures annually. Although injuries in these areas are often categorised as minor, misdiagnosis and mismanagement can hamper recovery and lead to financial cost. However, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning could help create systems that prevent misdiagnosis.

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Alcidion Partners with Better by Marand to Combat Medication Errors

The parent company to Patientrack - which provides technology to NHS hospitals to alert staff when patients are at risk of harm - has entered into a reseller agreement withhealthcare software provider Better by Marand tohelp hospitals tackle medication errors.

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What can AI Deliver Today and What Are We Really Ready For?

11 - 13 June 2019, Helsinki, Finland.
The highly anticipated track about AI at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Conference 2019 is called "AI Beyond the Buzz". We hear about Artificial Intelligence all the time, but how many of us are actually putting it into practice, using it or implementing it in a clinical setting? Not as many as you might have thought.

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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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