Thursday, September 19, 2024
Germany’s Robert Koch Institute has shared a number of PhD projects for its doctoral programme on AI in Public Health, including AI-based spatial mapping of microbial pathogens; AI-supported annotation of horizontal gene transfer in monitoring antimicrobial resistance; and ML-assisted rapid detection of pathogens using nanopore sequencing. PhD students at the […]
Global advisor HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) has announced the launch of its new Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), with a focus on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability, performance, and outcomes. The model is designed to help health leaders to optimise their health system’s technical infrastructure, by creating an assessment report […]
In France, the launch of the MEDITWIN consortium has been announced to explore the possibilities of virtual twins for medical practice, with the aim of enabling doctors to simulate scenarios, and to develop seven new medical practices and “virtual healthcare products” across neurology, cardiology, and oncology. The consortium consists of […]
The European Health and Digital Executive Agency has announced 44 new EU4Health direct grants in the field of digital health with the aim of supporting EU countries in implementing the future European Health Data Space. The grants form part of a wider portfolio of projects that the €5.3 billion EU4Health […]
A study published in Nurse Education in Practice has evaluated the preparedness of Australian nursing students for the digitalised clinical environment, carrying out an integrative review of the literature and highlighting the need for “a professional digital literacy competency standard framework embedded into nursing curricula”. Setting out to tackle “limited […]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly (Illinois) and Congressman Troy Balderson (Ohio) have announced the establishment of a Congressional Digital Health Caucus to “serve as a platform for dialogue and collaboration” between government experts and representatives from the healthcare industry and private sector, with the aim of shaping policies to support integration of […]
An international collaboration between Foyer Global Health, an international health insurance provider, and Galytix, a provider of a generative AI platform for financial institutions, has seen the launch of a new digital health platform for insurers. The platform, HealthX, uses generative AI to combine structured and unstructured data, providing insights […]
Earlybird Health, a Germany-based venture capital firm with a focus on the health tech market in Europe, has announced the closure of its second fund at €173 million. The fund will be primarily dedicated to investing in European health tech companies ranging from early development to those “nearing regulatory approval […]
A demonstration during the 49th Arab Health Expo in Dubai, saw the MicroPort ® Toumai® robot complete an ultra-remote 5G laparoscopic surgery across a distance of 7,000 kilometres from Dubai to Shanghai. The procedure was enacted from the Toumai™ patient’s cart at the Dubai booth, through the surgeon console in Shanghai, […]
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, USA, reported last week that it had taken its systems offline on 31 January, to protect the organisation, its patients and staff “based on evidence of suspicious activity”. In a further update, the hospital has confirmed that its network “was accessed by a known criminal […]
