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Growth Manager Europe

The role of the Growth Manager is part of the Health Ecosystem Management (HEM) team, which drives health ecosystem management and performance together with Digital Assets, Digital Health Services, Operational Marketing teams, and other functions in the company. The Growth Manager reports to the Head of the Health Ecosystem.

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ABHI Welcomes Health Tech Specialist Agency Highland Marketing

Health technology trade association ABHI has announced that specialist marketing, PR and communications agency Highland Marketing has joined its membership.

Highland Marketing has worked with technology providers throughout the health and care sector for more than two decades, helping to bring innovations to market and raise awareness of the positive impact technologies enable for clinical teams and patients.

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Scientists Harness the Power of AI to Shed Light on Different Types of Parkinson's Disease

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, working with technology company Faculty AI, have shown that machine learning can accurately predict subtypes of Parkinson’s disease using images of patient-derived stem cells.

Their work, published today in Nature Machine Intelligence, has shown that computer models can accurately classify four subtypes of Parkinson’s disease, with one reaching an accuracy of 95%.

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New Machine-Learning Method may Aid Personalized Cancer Therapy

Deep-learning technology developed by a team of Johns Hopkins engineers and cancer researchers can accurately predict cancer-related protein fragments that may trigger an immune system response. If validated in clinical trials, the technology could help scientists overcome a major hurdle to developing personalized immunotherapies and vaccines.

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Early Findings of AI Study at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Show 99.7% Accuracy in Triaging Chest X-rays as Normal

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Qure.ai have announced the early results of a pilot study using an innovative radiology AI solution to read and differentiate between normal and abnormal chest X-rays (CXRs).

qXR, a CE class IIb MDR cleared solution developed by Qure, was deployed with the hypothesis to categorise normal x-rays - approximately 40% of the caseload from GP and outpatient requests - and augment overall reporting efficiency.

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Countdown to Digital Health #Rewired24 Begins

12 - 13 March 2024, Birmingham, UK.
The countdown to Digital Health Rewired 2024 has begun with the announcement of the first keynote speakers and official opening of delegate registration and call for speakers.

Matthew Taylor, CEO of the NHS Confederation, and Greta Westwood, CEO of the Florence Nightingale Foundation, are the first two keynote speakers announced, reflecting the critical importance of digital and data to all NHS managers and nurses and clinicians.

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Med Tech and Health Tech: Strategies and Opportunities

The Department of Health and Social Care has just published a strategy for medical technology. The Highland Marketing advisory board asked what chief information officers need to know about it; and how they can make the most of the opportunities that will come from integrating device data with medical records.

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ikHerstel App Ensures 30% Faster Recovery After Major Abdominal Operations

Through the use of eHealth application ikHerstel, patients recover from major abdominal operations 30% faster than patients who do not use the app. That is the main conclusion of research led by Amsterdam UMC across eleven Dutch hospitals. The app aims to empower patients to feel more in control of their recovery process. The results were published today in Lancet Digital Health.

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New Neuroimaging Approach could Improve Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

New research led by scientists working with Georgia State University's TReNDS Center has identified age-related changes in brain patterns associated with the risk for developing schizophrenia.

The discovery could help clinicians identify the risk for developing mental illness earlier and improve treatment options. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Google & ChatGPT Have Mixed Results in Medical Information Queries

When you need accurate information about a serious illness, should you go to Google or ChatGPT?

An interdisciplinary study led by University of California, Riverside, computer scientists found that both internet information gathering services have strengths and weaknesses for people seeking information about Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

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