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A Record Year with More than 800 Exhibitors and Over 320 Leading Speakers

9 - 11 April 2024, Berlin, Germany.
DMEA 2024 kicks off today, focusing on the key issues in the digital transformation of the healthcare system. From now until 11 April over 320 speakers from Germany and around the world will occupy the stages at DMEA. They include Federal Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Keyrellous Adib of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the publicist Sascha Lobo.

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North West Anglia Works with Clinisys to Modernise Pathology Services

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has replaced two, legacy laboratory information systems with a single instance of Clinisys WinPath.

The trust, which serves a catchment of 800,000 patients in North Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire, found itself with two LIMS when it was formed out of the merger of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals and Hinchingbrooke Health Care in 2017.

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Can Language Models Read the Genome? This One Decoded mRNA to Make Better Vaccines

The same class of artificial intelligence that made headlines coding software and passing the bar exam has learned to read a different kind of text - the genetic code.

That code contains instructions for all of life's functions and follows rules not unlike those that govern human languages. Each sequence in a genome adheres to an intricate grammar and syntax, the structures that give rise to meaning.

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Shared Digital NHS Prescribing Record could Avoid Nearly 1 Million Annual Drug Errors

Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from being harmed, and saving up to 22 lives every year, suggests a modelling study, published online in BMJ Quality & Safety.

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Study Shows Human Medical Professionals are More Reliable than AI Tools

When looking for medical information, people can use web search engines or large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4 or Google Bard. However, these artificial intelligence (AI) tools have their limitations and can sometimes generate incorrect advice or instructions. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier,

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Ask Chat GPT about Your Radiation Oncology Treatment

Cancer patients about to undergo radiation oncology treatment have lots of questions. Could ChatGPT be the best way to get answers?

A new Northwestern Medicine study tested a specially designed ChatGPT to see if it could successfully provide answers to patients' common questions about radiation oncology.

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ChatGPT can Produce Medical Record Notes Ten Times Faster than Doctors

The AI model ChatGPT can write administrative medical notes up to ten times faster than doctors without compromising quality. This is according to a new study conducted by researchers at Uppsala University Hospital and Uppsala University in collaboration with Danderyd Hospital and the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland.

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Advancing Drug Discovery with AI: Introducing the KEDD Framework

A transformative study published in Health Data Science, a Science Partner Journal, introduces a groundbreaking end-to-end deep learning framework, known as Knowledge-Empowered Drug Discovery (KEDD), aimed at revolutionizing the field of drug discovery. This innovative framework adeptly integrates structured and unstructured knowledge, enhancing the AI-driven exploration of molecular dynamics and interactions.

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Alcidion and Novari Health Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Patient Flow Management

Alcidion Group Limited, a leading provider of FHIR-native patient flow solutions for healthcare, and Novari Health, a market leader in waitlist management and referral management technologies, have joined forces to offer a comprehensive approach to patient journey management.

Effective management of a patient’s journey requires a systemwide approach, from specialist referrals to inpatient admissions through to discharge. Key to this improvement is making data easily accessible and mobile, engaging clinicians, and predicting bottlenecks in the system.

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Wanted: Young Talents. DMEA Sparks Brings Gen Z and Health IT Together

9 - 11 April 2024, Berlin, Germany.
The digital health industry urgently needs skilled workers, which is why DMEA sparks focuses on careers, jobs and supporting young people.

Against the backdrop of the skills shortage in the healthcare sector, supporting young people is becoming increasingly important and at DMEA 2024 from 9 to 11 April is not just an empty promise.

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