Digital technology is prevalent in hospitals, according to Bernke Papenburg, program manager of Robotics at Rijnstate Hospital, a 700-bed teaching facility in the eastern Netherlands. Papenburg noted that very few procedures or care performed in…
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust will trial a whole-brain computer interface that uses ultrasound to measure and modulate brain-wide activity.
The ultrasonic neural interface, developed by US-based non-profit Forest Neurotech, could be…
Helen Thomas, chief executive at Digital Health and Care Wales (Image provided by DHCW)
As chief executive officer of Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW), Helen Thomas is leading a six-year digital strategy that…
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The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued fresh guidance to help medical device manufacturers prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.
The post-market surveillance (PMS) regulation for medical devices comes into force across England,…
Baljean Dhillon, professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Edinburgh (Credit: andrewperry.co.uk)
Researchers are working with high street opticians to develop a digital tool that can predict a person’s risk of dementia from…
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This randomized, controlled trial evaluated the impact of plaque visualization combined with daily tasks on cardiovascular risk profile and included 240 participants with coronary arterial disease. The intervention group received the PreventiPlaque app during…
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In a country first, Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) in Malaysia has been recently validated for Stage 6 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.The EMRAM measures an organisation’s adoption and maturity…
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In a country first, Institut Jantung Negara (National Heart Institute) in Malaysia has been recently validated for Stage 6 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.The EMRAM measures an organisation’s adoption and maturity…
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Australia’s Department of Health and Aged Care has appointed the first person to the newly established role of chief digital information officer. Fay Flevaras, who is also the department’s first assistant secretary of digital transformation…
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DarioHealth, a digital chronic condition management platform, closed a $25.6 million private placement of convertible preferred stock, with most of the funds secured from existing shareholders. The balance of the funds was provided by a…
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