EDPS-IPEN Privacy by Design Contest for Mobile Health (mHealth) Applications
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), in partnership with the Data Protection Authorities of Austria, Ireland and Schleswig-Holstein and supported by the Internet Privacy Engineering Network (IPEN), is pleased to announce the launch of the EDPS-IPEN Privacy by Design contest for mobile Health (mHealth) applications.
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St Helens Reduces Patient Mortality Risk with Digital Fluid Balance Project
NHS professionals at a North West trust have been shortlisted for the prestigious national Patient Safety Awards, following important work around rapid response for deteriorating patients. The team at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust innovated with their Patientrack electronic observations system to tackle a major cause of complications for patients on intravenous fluids and electrolytes.
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University of Tokyo's RCAST, Fujitsu, and Kowa Successfully Create Promising New Compounds to Fight Drug-Resistant Cancer
The University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Fujitsu Limited, and Kowa Company Ltd. today announced that using IT-based drug discovery technologies, which entails computer-based virtual design and evaluation, they have successfully created new small molecule compounds that can inhibit cancer-causing "target proteins," and that demonstrate promise against cancers that have shown resistance to existing drugs.
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Lexmark Partners with NHS Shared Business Services in Managed Print Services
Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced a partnership with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to enable the public sector to utilise Lexmark technology to support their aim of meeting paperless and digital targets, whilst delivering savings, efficiencies and improving patient care. The framework allows Lexmark to integrate hardware and software platforms to drive interoperability and 'paperlight' working environments within the Public Sector.
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First Call for Science and Technology at ESC Congress 2018
Participate in the first ever ESC Digital Health Call for Technology, for the chance to present your innovations, your technology or your products at ESC Congress 2018 in front of an audience of relevant professionals. A dedicated Digital Health Area will feature a stage setting surrounded by Industry booths and meeting facilities, providing opportunities to exchange on latest digital health related innovations and research.
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FDA Takes New Steps to Advance Digital Health, Opening Docket to Solicit Feedback on Software Products
Today, the FDA is opening a docket to solicit feedback on important provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act ("Cures Act"). The Cures Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude certain medical software functions from the definition of a medical device. Under the Cures Act, Congress excluded specific types of software from FDA regulation, including general wellness software products, electronic patient records and more.
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International Master's in Medical Informatics at the Heart of Europe
The Master of Science Program in Medical Informatics (MMI) at European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI) in Pfarrkirchen - a branch of the Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences (THD - Technische Hochschule Deggendorf) in Bavaria, Germany - is accepting applications for entry in October 2018.
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NHS professionals at a North West trust have been shortlisted for the prestigious national Patient Safety Awards, following important work around rapid response for deteriorating patients. The team at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust innovated with their Patientrack electronic observations system to tackle a major cause of complications for patients on intravenous fluids and electrolytes. 
The University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), Fujitsu Limited, and Kowa Company Ltd. today announced that using IT-based drug discovery technologies, which entails computer-based virtual design and evaluation, they have successfully created new small molecule compounds that can inhibit cancer-causing "target proteins," and that demonstrate promise against cancers that have shown resistance to existing drugs. 
Lexmark, a global imaging solutions leader, today announced a partnership with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to enable the public sector to utilise Lexmark technology to support their aim of meeting paperless and digital targets, whilst delivering savings, efficiencies and improving patient care. The framework allows Lexmark to integrate hardware and software platforms to drive interoperability and 'paperlight' working environments within the Public Sector. 
Participate in the first ever ESC Digital Health Call for Technology, for the chance to present your innovations, your technology or your products at ESC Congress 2018 in front of an audience of relevant professionals. A dedicated Digital Health Area will feature a stage setting surrounded by Industry booths and meeting facilities, providing opportunities to exchange on latest digital health related innovations and research. 
Today, the FDA is opening a docket to solicit feedback on important provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act ("Cures Act"). The Cures Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude certain medical software functions from the definition of a medical device. Under the Cures Act, Congress excluded specific types of software from FDA regulation, including general wellness software products, electronic patient records and more. 