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FDA Permits Marketing of Mobile Medical Application for Substance Use Disorder

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the first mobile medical application to help treat substance use disorders (SUD). The Reset application is intended to be used with outpatient therapy to treat alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and stimulant SUDs. The application is not intended to be used to treat opioid dependence.

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Ageing Pagers Costing NHS Hospitals Millions

NHS trusts spend £6.6m a year on 'blunt instruments' for communications, when smartphones could replace pagers, save millions of pounds and deliver crucial information to the frontline, a new report from CommonTime has found. Millions of pounds is being spent on outdated and even broken pager devices every year in NHS hospitals, whilst doctors are calling for more modern means of frontline communication, a new report has revealed.

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Bringing Together Medical Students Around the World, Elsevier Announces Winners for First-ever Elsevier Hacks Competition

Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, today announced the winners of its medical education hackathon. Twenty medical students from around the world participated in the two-day event in Helsinki, Finland, in late August. Following an intense 48 hours of pitching, ideating, designing and developing innovative solutions for medical education, a team composed of students from

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New Tool Helps Physicians Assess Usefulness of Clinical Guidelines for Patient Outcomes

A team of researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues have developed a new tool, G-TRUST (the Guideline Trustworthiness, Relevance, and Utility Scoring Tool) to help clinicians assess the usefulness of clinical guidelines in the treatment of their patients. The related study is published in Annals of Family Medicine.

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Brain Composer: 'Thinking' Melodies onto a Musical Score

Brain-computer interfaces, known as BCI, can replace bodily functions to a certain degree. Thanks to BCI, physically impaired persons can control special prostheses through the power of their minds, surf in internet and write emails. Under the title of "Brain Composer", a group led by BCI expert Gernot Müller-Putz from TU Graz's Institute of Neural Engineering shows that experiences of quite a different tone can be sounded from the keys of brain-computer interfaces.

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HIMSS Europe and HIMSS UK Launch Standalone Platforms for Established Media Brands

HIMSS Europe and HIMSS UK are launching standalone platforms for two of its established online media brands, Insights and the British Journal of Healthcare Computing (BJ-HC).

The newly-launched online platform of Insights aims to keep healthcare leaders up to date with the latest developments in the field and provide in-depth coverage on cutting edge topics in healthcare technology, with regular features and news online.

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Associate - Healthcare & Pharma, Digital McKinsey

Are you passionate about technology? Do you want to help leading enterprises turn digital? You'll join the Digital McKinsey team in our London office to help enterprises think strategically about how to leverage technology to create fundamental business change - from formulating tech-driven growth strategies to enabling more efficient operations through the use of technology.

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New Diagnostic Tool Spots First Signs of Parkinson's Disease

Researchers have developed the first tool that can diagnose Parkinson's disease when there are no physical symptoms, offering hope for more effective treatment of the condition. There are currently no laboratory tests for Parkinson's and by the time people present to a neurologist with symptoms, nerve cells in their brains have already suffered irreversible damage.

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eHealth Hub: Investment Readiness Training + Pitch Event

eHealth Hub presents to European SMEs the opportunity to take part in upcoming Health Pioneers event (25 October) on new health technology and related investment scene. The day before the major Conference, eHealth Hub organizes two events targeted to startups, SMEs, healthcare providers and investors, led by prominent eHealth European professionals.

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eHealth Hub Call: Lean Startup Academy

The Lean Startup Academy is an unique opportunity to mature your business by systematically testing your ideas against the market with the support of experts. The course will help you to identify who your prioritary customers should be initially, what is the right value proposition for them and how to reach them.

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