ki:elements Publishes New Validation Results on Remote Speech Biomarker for Cognition (SB-C) in Early Alzheimer's Disease
Digital speech biomarker company ki:elements has published validation results on the use of its ki:e speech biomarker for cognition (SB-C) in early Alzheimer’s disease in the "Karger - Digital Biomarkers" journal.(1)
Two European dementia studies - the Dutch DeepSpA study in collaboration with Maastricht University & the Scottish SPeAK study in collaboration with University of Edinburgh - helped to validate the psychometric properties of the SB-C.
Cleveland Clinic and IBM Begin Installation of IBM Quantum System One
Cleveland Clinic and IBM have begun deployment of the first private sector onsite, IBM-managed quantum computer in the United States. The IBM Quantum System is to be located on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus in Cleveland.
The first quantum computer in healthcare, anticipated to be completed in early 2023, is a key part of the two organizations'10-year partnership aimed at fundamentally advancing the pace of biomedical research through high-performance computing.
Dr Mike Roberts Joins Health Analytics Provider C2-Ai as Medical Director
UK headquartered healthcare analytics company C2-Ai has appointed a senior clinician as its new medical director international.
Dr Mike Roberts, who has a background in emergency medicine and cardiothoracic surgery, has worked in both the NHS and in New Zealand, where he has held chief medical officer and medical director roles for more than 15 years.
X-on Launches Phonebar to Bring Telecoms to the Desktop
Cloud telephony provider X-on has launched Phonebar; an app to consolidate telecoms and patient communications onto the GP desktop.
The company is already offering Phonebar to practices that use the EMIS record system and will soon offer it to SystmOne and Vision customers.
South Tees Reachese-Prescribing Milestone in EPR Journey, with Alcidion and Better Meds
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has taken the next step in its modern, modular electronic patient record (EPR) programme with Alcidion, having gone live with electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) system Better Meds.
The trusthas deployed Better Meds to inpatient and outpatient areas, where it is already removing paper forms and manual processes, as well as helping busy healthcare professionals to make safe prescribing decisions.
Creating the Digital Health Workforce of the Future
How are trusts and health tech suppliers going to find the people they need to develop deploy and optimise critical clinical information systems in the future? Highland Marketing's advisory board invited Paul Rice from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to outline how he has been thinking about the challenge.