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EIT Digital Innovation Activity 'ki elements' Showcases its First Prototype: DELTA

The EIT Digital Innovation Activity 'ki elements' showcases its first prototype called DELTA in Nice at the Institut Claude Pompidou on Innovation Alzheimer Open Day.

In the beginning of 2017, EIT Digital launched ELEMENT, a new Innovation Activity to facilitate faster, earlier diagnosis and intervention for cognitive decline.

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Principal Health Informatics Scientist

As a Principal Health Informatics Scientist you will work closely with primary stakeholders within the Medical Evidence & Observational Research team, driving and accelerating delivery of technical capabilities to supporting evidence generation and studies.

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Home Blood Pressure Monitoring for Hypertension Best Combined with Intensive Support

People who monitor their own blood pressure at home are most likely to see a benefit if they combine it with individually tailored intensive support, according to a new systematic literature review and meta-analysis published in PLOS Medicine by Richard McManus of the University of Oxford, UK, and colleagues.

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Wye Valley NHS Trust Goes Live with IMS MAXIMS Electronic Patient Record System

Staff across Wye Valley NHS Trust's four hospitals and community facilities now have a single, shared view of their patients’ records following the deployment of their new electronic patient record (EPR) system. The trust's acute and community patient administration systems and theatre system have been replaced by IMS MAXIMS EPR - MAXIMS - delivering new functionality and flexibility to support the way staff treat and care for patients.

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Allscripts Closes Acquisition of McKesson's Enterprise Information Solutions Business

Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX), a global leader in healthcare technology, has closed its acquisition of McKesson Corporation's hospital and health system IT business, known as the Enterprise Information Solutions (EIS) business. The transaction significantly expands Allscripts client base in U.S. hospitals and health systems and expands its solutions portfolio.

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EHI Awards Recognise Global Digital Exemplars

Four NHS foundation trusts are in the running for a new award to recognise the best global digital exemplar of the year. Cambridge University Hospitals, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Oxford University Hospitals, and Royal Berkshire NHS foundation trusts have been shortlisted in the new category of the EHI Awards 2017.

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Business Development Manager Genomics - Europe

Early June 2017, Philips announced IntelliSpace Oncology, an integrated oncology informatics solution enabling data-driven decision making and proactive patient involvement across care teams. In the same year, Philips also launched IntelliSpace Genomics, an extensive precision medicine platform built to support the implementation and scaling of advanced precision medicine programs. Together these solutions constitute the current Oncology Informatics portfolio.

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Treasure Your Heart with Healthy, Homemade Food this World Heart Day

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology and proud partner of the World Heart Federation (WHF), is calling for people to act now to take control of their own health this World Heart Day, 29th September - an annual initiative that raises awareness of heart disease and its associated risks. Whilst we’re increasingly aware of rising levels of heart disease,

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Can a Pumpkin-Shaped Molecule Bring a Different Ending to "Breaking Bad"?

Speed, uppers, chalk, glass, crystal, or whatever you prefer to call them, can be instantly detected from biological fluids with a new portable kit that costs as little as $50. Scientists at the Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), in collaboration with Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have devised the first methamphetamine and amphetamine sensor that can detect minute concentrations of these drugs from a single drop of urine in real-time.

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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG Diligently Presses Ahead with Digitalization

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG is forging ahead with the implementation of its digitalization strategy and is launching a new collaboration with Austrian enterprise search and big data provider Mindbreeze, a subsidiary of the publicly listed Fabasoft AG. The clinic group will use Mindbreeze’s AI-based (artificial intelligence) search engine technology.

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