Monday, May 20, 2024
The WHO’s Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has shared news of a $5 million donation received from Japan for the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health Initiative, making the nation the initiative’s “first official donor”. The donation marks the joining of forces between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government […]
Emory Healthcare has announced its deployment of the Epic electronic health record (EHR), with MacBook Airs made available to “thousands of clinicians” to support accessing of patient records via the platform. The organisation reports savings of “$300 per device per year in software licensing and support costs, adding up to […]
Join us as we take a look into digital health transformation in Japan, to find out more about how the nation is embracing technology in the realms of health and care. In a report published on Japan’s digital policy in December 2021, the Minister for Digital, Karen Makishima, spoke of […]
In the United States, the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have announced the launch of a shared electronic health record system at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) in North Chicago, “completing the military’s adoption of the system and moving the VA a […]
South African companies Altron HealthTech and Dischem Oncology have announced that they are collaborating on a solution designed to provide clinicians with access to digital health advances, with the aim of “reducing the cost of digital health infrastructure while increasing access to approved treatment protocols and clinical workflows alongside interoperability, […]
Jefferson Radiology in Connecticut has announced the introduction of Aidoc tech across its outpatient centers and hospital partnerships, with the aim of enhancing sub-specialized care and improving healthcare outcomes. Aidoc software is said to use “advanced” AI algorithms to support radiologists in diagnosing and prioritising CT scan cases. These algorithms […]
In the US, Aptar Digital Health, a provider of digital health solutions, has announced its acquisition of Healint, a Singapore-based company specialising in multimodal health and the generation of real-world evidence for improving treatment outcomes and expediting clinical trials. According to a press release, Aptar is hoping that the acquisition […]
Singapore-based AI solution provider Qritive has announced an upcoming collaboration with three diagnostic centres and hospitals in India: Metropolis Healthcare, the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and CŌRE Diagnostics. The collaboration will see Qritive’s AI technology integrated into pathology workflows, in a move which the company hopes will help to improve […]
Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic has announced the launch of Solutions Studio, a new programme forming part of Mayo Clinic Platform designed to accelerate the development, validation and deployment of digital health solutions and ultimately integrate them into healthcare workflows. The studio will offer “clean, curated” and de-identified data from global regions […]
Florida-based surgical robotics company Medical Microinstruments, Inc. (MMI) has raised $110 million in Series C funding for microsurgery innovation, which is to be used to support the commercialisation of the company’s Symani® Surgical System and to accelerate “advanced technology capabilities” across the globe. Mark Toland, CEO, said that the support […]
