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Philips Expands its uGrow Digital Parenting Platform with the Acquisition of Health & Parenting Ltd

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has acquired Health & Parenting Ltd, a leading London-based developer of healthcare and family-related mobile applications for expectant and new parents. Health & Parenting's apps will enhance Philips' uGrow* digital parenting platform and strengthen Philips' offering in pregnancy and parenting.

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Roche Acquires mySugr to Form a Leading Open Platform for Digital Diabetes Management

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and mySugr have signed an agreement under which Roche acquired all shares of mySugr GmbH. Counting more than one million users globally, mySugr is one of the leading mobile diabetes platforms in the market and will become an integral part of Roche's new patient-centered digital health services platform in diabetes care.

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Transforming eHealth into a Political and Economic Advantage

eHealth has quickly become a symbol of the democratization of healthcare, as well as an opportunity to meet the challenges caused by an ageing society, the epidemic of non-communicable and chronic diseases and the dramatically rising costs of healthcare. Some say that technology in the XXI century is a paradigm shift, which is unprecedented in history and because of that we cannot see clearly what lays ahead: is it 3D printing of human organs, decreasing the transaction costs in health or providing universal high-quality service to everyone at a fraction cost of the price we pay today.

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Digital Games Improve Mental Health & Educational Outcomes of Syrian Refugee Children

Digital games can effectively teach refugee children much-needed skills - including a new language, cognitive skills, and coding - while also improving their mental health, finds research by New York University, the City University of New York, and Turkey's Bahcesehir University. The study of Syrian refugee children suggests that digital games can be a cost-efficient and scalable approach to meeting the educational and psychological needs of refugee children.

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Digital Health Ambitions in East Ireland Strengthened by Deployment of IMS MAXIMS Cutting-Edge Technology at St Michael's Hospital

St Michael’s Hospital achieved a significant milestone in East Ireland's journey towards digitally enabled healthcare last week by going live with an electronic patient management system in its Emergency Department (ED). The system went live on 15th June, effectively making the ED paper-lite as the core clinical and administrative processes moved from being paper-based to electronic with no disruption to patient care.

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Wirral University Teaching Hospital implements Cerner Oncology, a First of Type in the UK

Blood cancer patients are receiving the very best care at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) supported by pioneering technology which is the first of its kind in the UK. Patient safety is the top priority for WUTH and has been the main focus of its work with Cerner UK. The latest technology is also in line with the NHS national requirement to digitise work around oncology treatment.

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Saving Lives with IoT Technology

Tejre Tobiassen suffered from a cardio arrest. During his rehabilitation, Tejre came up with the idea of an intelligent wearable that could help prevent cardio arrest and other life threatening incidents. A year after his cardio arrest, he founded ContinYou. The product is ready for sale in Norway.

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New Technique Makes Brain Scans Better

People who suffer a stroke often undergo a brain scan at the hospital, allowing doctors to determine the location and extent of the damage. Researchers who study the effects of strokes would love to be able to analyze these images, but the resolution is often too low for many analyses. To help scientists take advantage of this untapped wealth of data from hospital scans, a team of MIT researchers, working with doctors

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conhIT 2017: Attendees Confirm High Value of Event

17 - 19 April 2018, Berlin, Germany.
From 144 to 501 exhibitors and from 2,513 to 9,545 attendees. Ever since conhIT - Connecting Healthcare IT was launched ten years ago it has continued to expand and is now Europe's leading event for Health IT. conhIT is the place where the industry meets.

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Philips to Acquire Electrical Geodesics, Inc. to Establish Integrated Neurological Imaging, Mapping and Therapy guidance Portfolio

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced an agreement to acquire Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (EGI), a US-based medical device company that designs, develops and commercializes a range of non-invasive technologies used to monitor and interpret brain activity.

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