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Social Media in the Pharmaceutical Industry Conference 2019

21 - 23 January 2019, London, UK.
SMi Group are delighted to present the return of their 11th annual Social Media in the Pharmaceutical Industry conference to London on the 21st - 23rd January 2019. Social media is the perfect channel for pharmaceutical companies to educate, market, listen and connect with customers, patients and physicians.

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Researchers Use AI to Successfully Treat Metastatic Cancer Patient

A translational research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has harnessed CURATE.AI, a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) platform, to successfully treat a patient with advanced cancer, completely halting disease progression. This new development represents a big step forward in personalised medicine.

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Nottingham University Hospitals Switches to Orion Health Rhapsody

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has completed a complex project to switch integration engines; on time, on budget, and with no disruption to services. The trust has a well-advanced 'best of breed' strategy to create an electronic patient record and support paperless and mobile working.

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Philips Launches Adaptive Personalized Consumer Health Solutions at IFA 2018

At the 2018 Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA, August 31 - September 5, Berlin, Germany), Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced a range of intelligent, adaptive, personalized consumer health solutions that empower people to improve their health and well-being every day.

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Bayer Accelerates Six New Startups

Changing the experience of health: that's the focus of the six startups which the Bayer G4A team has included in the Accelerator program this year. The young companies from Canada, Germany, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States came out ahead of more than 1,800 competitors from 100 countries. They now have 100 days in which to intensively drive the further development of their products and solutions with expertise and investment from Bayer.

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Revealed: NHS Trusts Not Discouraging WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other Consumer Apps

A substantial number of acute hospitals in England are not taking important steps to prevent staff sharing sensitive information via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other consumer applications, a series of Freedom of Information Act requests has revealed.

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Artificial Intelligence could Help Tackle Coronary Heart Disease

Scientist from King’s College London believe that Artificial Intelligence could hold the key to identifying the best way to treat the country’s biggest killer, coronary heart disease (CHD). And now the team has secured close to £250,000 from by national charity Heart Research UK to pursue the test, that if successful would be less invasive, faster and more cost-effective than existing procedures.

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Kids Connect with Robot Reading Partners

Kids learn better with a friend. They're more enthusiastic and understand more if they dig into a subject with a companion. But what if that companion is artificial? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have built a robot, named Minnie, to serve as a reading buddy to middle school kids, and Minnie's new friends grew more excited about books and more attached to the robot over two weeks of reading together.

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An Avatar Uses Your Gait to Predict How Many Calories You Will Burn

Humans instinctively adopt the gait that requires the least amount of energy given the walking conditions. Without realizing it, we are constantly tweaking our pace, stride length and foot lift. But could we consciously play with these parameters in order to influence our energy expenditure?

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Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Moves Ahead with Shaping Cloud Engagement

Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership(GMHSC Partnership) aims to deliver rapid savings and identify how the cloud can support the region’s devolved vision for integratedhealth and careservices through work with public sector IT specialists Shaping Cloud.

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