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Dr Jason Broch Joins the Highland Marketing Advisory Board

The Highland Marketing advisory board has welcomed a new member - Dr Jason Broch, a GP and director with a strong track record in the NHS and IT-enabled transformation.

Dr Broch brings a wealth of experience to the board, which debates issues in digital health and advises the specialist health tech agency and its clients on policy, procurement and implementation.

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Multi-Resistance in Bacteria Predicted by AI Model

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between genetically similar bacteria and mainly occurs in wastewater treatment plants and inside the human body.

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AI-Driven Smart Devices to Transform Healthcare

AI-powered, internet-connected medical devices have the potential to revolutionise healthcare by enabling early disease detection, real-time patient monitoring, and personalised treatments, a new study suggests.

They are already saving lives. Wearable devices can detect cardiac issues early, triggering emergency responses and preventing complications.

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A Novel AI-Based Method Reveals How Cells Respond to Drug Treatments

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative method that can help to understand better how cells behave in changing biological environments, such as those found within a cancerous tumor.

The new system, called scNET, combines information on gene expression at the single-cell level with information on gene interactions, enabling the identification of important biological patterns such as responses to drug treatments.

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DMEA 2025: Digital Health Worldwide in Berlin

8 - 10 April 2025, Berlin, Germany.
From the AI Act, to the potential of the European Health Data Space, to the power of patient data in Scandinavia - DMEA 2025 will focus on numerous topics that go beyond digital healthcare in Germany.

Around 300 speakers will take to the DMEA stages in early April to discuss the digital transformation in their countries and the opportunities for cross-border collaboration.

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Stepping Hill Hospital Announced as SPARK TSL Lighthouse

Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has replaced its bedside units with state-of-the art devices running a full range of information, engagement, communications and productivity apps, to demonstrate the potential of digital technology in the NHS.

Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport has gone live with the first lighthouse deployment of SPARK TSL's Fusion platform in the UK.

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First Therapy Chatbot Trial Shows AI can Provide 'Gold-Standard' Care

Dartmouth researchers conducted the first clinical trial of a therapy chatbot powered by generative AI and found that the software resulted in significant improvements in participants' symptoms, according to results published in NEJM AI, a journal from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine.

People in the study also reported they could trust and communicate with the system, known as Therabot, to a degree that is comparable to working with a mental-health professional.

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DeepSeek: The "Watson" to Doctors - from Assistance to Collaboration

DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform built on deep learning and natural language processing (NLP) technologies. Its core products include the DeepSeek-R1 and DeepSeek-V3 models. Leveraging an efficient Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture, multimodal data fusion capabilities, and significantly reduced training costs (over 90% lower than comparable models), DeepSeek achieves performance on par with OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini.

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Who's to Blame When AI Makes a Medical Error?

Assistive artificial intelligence technologies hold significant promise for transforming health care by aiding physicians in diagnosing, managing, and treating patients. However, the current trend of assistive AI implementation could actually worsen challenges related to error prevention and physician burnout, according to a new brief published in JAMA Health Forum.

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DMEA sparks: The Future of Digital Health Starts Here

8 - 10 April 2025, Berlin, Germany.
Digitalization is considered one of the key strategies for addressing the shortage of skilled workers - but the digital health sector also needs qualified employees to make a decisive contribution to the digitalization of the healthcare system. DMEA sparks was created to connect these students, graduates and young professionals with companies.

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