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Wearable AI System can Detect a Conversation's Tone

It's a fact of nature that a single conversation can be interpreted in very different ways. For people with anxiety or conditions such as Asperger's, this can make social situations extremely stressful. But what if there was a more objective way to measure and understand our interactions?

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European Bioinformatics Institute and Red Hat Collaborate to Enhance Global Biological Research Capabilities

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, has announced that the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is using Red Hat OpenStack Platform to deliver the scale and flexibility required to drive its Embassy Cloud project.

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eHealth Hub Solution Match Call: Hospital Bernal is Looking for a Digital Health Solution

Solution Match is one of the services offered by the EU-funded initiative eHealth Hub, intending to promote and boost up commercialization. The eHealth Hub aims to provide long-term support to the eHealth ecosystem stakeholders and addresses key challenges facing European SMEs in this space.

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Discrepancy Between What Symptoms Patients Report, What Appears in Electronic Medical Record

Researchers found significant inconsistencies between what symptoms patients at ophthalmology clinics reported on a questionnaire and documentation in the electronic medical record, according to a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology. The percentage of office-based physicians using any electronic medical record (EMR) increased from 18 percent in 2001 to 83 percent in 2014.

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Good Outcomes with 'Telepsychiatry' in Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

For people with opioid use disorder receiving medication treatment with buprenorphine, a telepsychiatry approach - using videoconferencing as an alternative to in-person group sessions - provides similar clinical outcomes, reports a study in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

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Allscripts Open Ecosystem Enables More than 2 Billion Data Shares, Continues to Lead Industry in Innovation, Data Sharing and Connectivity

Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) continues to facilitate connected care communities through its open platform, and its relationships with innovative software developers. These third-party integrations have enabled more than two billion data exchange transactions, which marks the largest documented scaled use of modern Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in health care.

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CUBE Challenge 2017: One Year. One Competition. One Million.

CUBE's goal is to push the envelope on innovation. Making change and innovation happen in the industry is a tough challenge that takes knowledge, creativity, time and also courage. No Equity. No obligations. No strings attached. If your startup is outstanding, your products are desperately needed by the industry and the best of all qualifiers, CUBE will give you one million euros in cash.

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SkinVision Unveils Breakthrough Algorithm that Takes the Fight to Skin Cancer

Dutch mobile health startup SkinVision has revealed its new algorithm that can detect most common forms of deadly skin cancer. Previously focused on detecting melanoma skin cancer, the app can now identify Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) too, the first app ever to do that.

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Doctrina Raises €1,020,000 of New Capital

Doctrina, a start-up company transforming the traditional transfer of knowledge between pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies, has raised a total of €1,020,000 in series A funding. The investment will enable Doctrina to execute its growth plans and scale its solution to new markets.

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Paving the Way for eHealth Interoperability: The EURO-CAS Project Launches Today

The EURO-CAS project launched operations today to deliver the eHealth Conformity Assessment Scheme for Europe in 2018. This scheme will help European health systems assess the conformity of eHealth products and solutions with international standards, and will enhance vendors' visibility by offering public recognition of conformity of their products.

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