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The Moore Blatch Silicon Cup Opens for Entries

This year's Moore Blatch Silicon Cup has been launched and is now open for IT companies to enter. The event takes place over 26 - 27 September on the Isle of Wight, near Cowes. The largest sailing regatta for the IT industry started the countdown to this year’s event with a drinks reception in the City of London - which included a cheque presentation to its three nominated charities.

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Finnish Health Expertise Strongly Represented at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference

11 - 13 June 2019, Helsinki, Finland.
The HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference is a top digital health care event held in Finland for the first time. Finland was chosen as the conference's new location thanks to its innovative reputation, and the Finnish health sector has been heavily involved in organising the conference.

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Bayer is Taking Collaboration with Health Care Start-Ups to the Next Level

As a pioneer when it comes to collaborating with digital health start-ups, Bayer is now taking the next step. Instead of one-off startup programs, it is now focusing on collaborating in specific digital health focus areas, e.g. digital therapeutics, AI for drug discovery, and patient engagement platforms to name a few. To do this, Bayer is combining the G4A programs and concentrating on longer-term collaborations and investments.

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New Antibiotics Are Desperately Needed: Machine Learning could Help

As the threat of antibiotic resistance looms, microbiologists aren’t the only ones thinking up new solutions. James Zou, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical data science at Stanford, has applied machine learning to create an algorithm that generates thousands of entirely new virtual DNA sequences with the intent of one day creating antimicrobial proteins.

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Open Call SC1-DTH-11-2019: Large Scale Pilots of Personalised & Outcome Based Integrated Care

Senior people are statistically at greater risk of cognitive impairment, frailty and multiple chronic health conditions with consequences for their independence, their quality of life (and the one of their families) but also for the sustainability of health and social care systems.

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Mental Health Trust Cuts Falls and Saves Time with Patient Monitoring Technology

A clinical study by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust and Oxehealth has significantly reduced falls and saved time following Manor Hospital's introduction of the Digital Care Assistant, with benefits for patients, nurses and the organisation.

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Apple Heart Study Demonstrates Ability of Wearable Technology to Detect Atrial Fibrillation

Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine presented preliminary results of the Apple Heart Study, an unprecedented virtual study with over 400,000 enrolled participants. The researchers reported that wearable technology can safely identify heart rate irregularities that subsequent testing confirmed to be atrial fibrillation, a leading cause of stroke and hospitalization in the United States.

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Philips Teams Up with Dentists to Start European Pilot for Remote Dental Assessments through its Teledentistry Solution

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) revealed how dentists will be able to benefit from its new Philips Sonicare Teledentistry Solution, which uses the latest digital technology to enable remote dental assessment through an app. This illustrates Philips' ambition to support dentists in optimizing their dental practice and empower people to proactively take charge of their oral health through personalized digital innovation.

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Alfardan Medical with Northwestern Medicine Select Allscripts

Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced that Alfardan Group, one of the leading family-owned conglomerates in Qatar and Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine have selected Allscripts to provide ambulatory care services for the launch of its new project, Alfardan Medical with Northwestern Medicine.

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Merck Announces Collaboration with Iktos for Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced a collaboration agreement with Iktos, for the use of its generative modelling artificial intelligence (AI) technology, in order to facilitate the rapid and cost-effective discovery and design of promising new compounds.

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