Commission Opens Calls to Invest €42 Million in Digital Skills

Today, the European Commission opened a new set of calls for proposals under the 2023-2024 Work Programmes of the Digital Europe Programme with a focus on advanced digital skills.

The calls are available to businesses, public administrations, and other entities from the EU Member States, EEA countries, and associated countries.

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Study Reveals Bias in AI Tools when Diagnosing Women's Health Issue

Machine learning algorithms designed to diagnose a common infection that affects women showed a diagnostic bias among ethnic groups, University of Florida researchers found.

While artificial intelligence (AI) tools offer great potential for improving health care delivery, practitioners and scientists warn of their risk for perpetuating racial inequities.

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Researchers Take New AI Approach to Analyze Tumors

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab in Sweden have combined artificial intelligence (AI) techniques used in satellite imaging and community ecology to interpret large amounts of data from tumour tissue. The method, presented in the journal Nature Communications, could contribute to more personalised treatment of cancer patients.

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MEDICA and COMPAMED: Medical Technology Business is Profiting from Strong Appeal to International Visitors

13 - 16 November 2023, Düsseldorf, Germany.
After four days of business, MEDICA and COMPAMED in Düsseldorf delivered impressive confirmation that they are excellent platforms for the worldwide medical technology business and the top-level exchange of expert knowledge. "Contributing factors were the strong appeal to international visitors, the high proportion of decision-makers, the high-calibre accompanying programme and the unique variety of innovations along the entire added value chain," summarised Erhard Wienkamp, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf,

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Printed Robots with Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons

3D printing is advancing rapidly, and the range of materials that can be used has expanded considerably. While the technology was previously limited to fast-curing plastics, it has now been made suitable for slow-curing plastics as well. These have decisive advantages as they have enhanced elastic properties and are more durable and robust.

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Orchestrating the New World of AI in Healthcare

Orion Health's UK and Ireland Customer Conference 2023 focused on the future potential and immediate, practical application of AI to healthcare - and gave delegates a first look at the Orchestral health intelligence platform that will support integrated care systems and trusts that want to get started.

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Artificial Intelligence: Unexpected Results

Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise. Until now, AI applications generally have "black box" character: How AI arrives at its results remains hidden. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath, a cheminformatics scientist at the University of Bonn, and his team have developed a method that reveals how certain AI applications work in pharmaceutical research.

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CGM Continues to Drive Digitization in Healthcare and Reports 10 % Revenue Growth in First Nine Months

CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (CGM), one of the world's leading e-health providers, successfully progressed the digitization in healthcare during the first three quarters in 2023. CGM supports physicians to enable a fully digital patient journey by providing additional modules to process emergency data sets, electronic medication plan and handling e-health records.

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How could Technology Better Support Patient Experience in the NHS?

The NHS exists to serve patients. But more could be done to make their experience a key focus when it comes to technology adoption, senior NHS delegates told a recent roundtable. SPARK TSL reports.

Sustained challenges faced by clinical teams on the frontline of an NHS under pressure are well documented in daily headlines.

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Software Created from 'Building Blocks' could Incorporate AI, Supporting Medical Staff with Workflow and Disease Management

New 'building-block' approaches to the creation of digital tools which include data and artificial intelligence (AI) could play a key role in improving the running of hospital wards and disease management, according to the findings of new research.

The study, by Dr Robert Free at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), suggests that using a package of digital 'building-blocks' to

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