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Philips Research-led Big Data Consortium Receives EU Funding to Improve Healthcare Outcomes

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, together with its consortium partners, today announced that it has received funding from the EU's Horizon 2020 program to pilot big data solutions to achieve better patient outcomes in healthcare at a lower cost.

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Call for Abstracts: European Telemedicine Conference 2018 (ETC18)

27 - 29 May 2018, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
The European Telemedicine Conference 2018 (ETC18) is an interdisciplinary forum for healthcare professionals, directors, managers, and researchers with the intent of bringing together governmental leaders, healthcare delivery organizations, and academic research initiatives. ETC18 highlights research and operational evidence from innovative healthcare solutions.

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Merck Partners with Medisafe to Help Improve Medication Adherence for Cardiometabolic Patients

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced a new collaboration with US-based Medisafe to help its cardiometabolic patients better manage medication intake and adhere to prescribed treatment regimens. In the countries of scope Merck patients will have access to a customized version of Medisafe's mobile platform that could combine reminders, motivation and support systems, targeted content, coupons and interventions in their local language.

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Portable Device Detects Severe Stroke in Seconds with 92 Percent Accuracy

A new device worn like a visor can detect emergent large-vessel occlusion in patients with suspected stroke with 92 percent accuracy, report clinical investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Mount Sinai, the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and elsewhere in an article published online on March 6, 2018, in the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. Patients with large-vessel occlusions can then be routed to a Comprehensive Stroke Center with endovascular capabilities.

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Philips Collaborates with Two Leading Academic Medical Centers in the U.S. to Advance Digital Pathology Adoption

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), both members of the Partners HealthCare network, will implement the Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution [1] to enable research and support clinical diagnosis.

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NHS Staff Punished as 500,000 Rely on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other Apps

WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other unauthorised instant messaging (IM) apps are being used by approximately 500,000 NHS staff at work, as a growing number turn to consumer tools to communicate with colleagues and even patients, a new report has revealed.

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Iris.ai Closer to Creating the World's First AI Science Assistant

Iris.ai, the artificial intelligence tool which helps researchers find relevant scientific papers and journals, today announced the launch of version 4.0. The launch adds the Focus tool, an intelligent mechanism to refine and collate a reading list of research literature cutting out a huge amount of manual effort.

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Global Digital Brand Manager

In this role you define and manage the business/marketing strategy and improve continuously the results of our digital brands and products, ensuring the marketing plan and tactics are implemented and responsively adapted to the competitive landscape with full buy-in and collaboration of the affiliates, leading to the commercial success of our digital brands and products.

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Triggers Digital Transformation with MAXIMS go-live

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has laid the foundations for an ambitious digitisation programme, by deploying IMS MAXIMS technology in its emergency department. The go-live is already helping staff to better manage patients over the busy winter period.

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Cybersecurity in Hospitals: Critical Infrastructure Directive Improves Security Standards

17 - 19 April 2018, Berlin, Germany.
The digital transformation of the healthcare system has resulted in cyberattacks growing too. Many will be able to recall the WannaCry attack on UK hospitals in May 2017. Only recently in Latvia the electronic health system, which among other things generates paper-free prescrptions, fell victim to a DdoS attack on its website. What does that mean for hospitals in the future?

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