Sunday, September 8, 2024
For a recent interview, we caught up with Sabria Lagoun, former programme manager at Health Hub Vienna, and current AI innovation manager at MSD Österreich, to talk about all things digital and health in Austria. Talking about her background, Sabria told us that she is originally French-Algerian and initially moved […]
Berlin-based tech company Clare&me has raised €3.7 million in funding for its clinical large language model (CLLM), underlining the company’s vision to develop non-judgemental mental health support to “close the gap between the demand and supply”. The solution allows individuals seeking mental health support to schedule regular calls with ‘Clare’, […]
Let’s take a look at the Future Plan 2050 of the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), a teaching hospital of the University of Hamburg and reportedly the largest hospital in Hamburg, to see what the hospital has planned in terms of “smart” buildings, AI, and robotics. In terms of progress to date, the plan […]
The Netherlands-based institute 4 Preventive Health (i4PH), a “strategic alliance” made up of four Dutch universities looking at the integration of technology and health, has announced the launch of its next round of seed funding, with the aim of advancing collaboration in preventive health. Titled ‘Embracing a Transdisciplinary Approach to […]
The European Commission has announced that AI Act, a legal framework which seeks to address the risks of AI and place Europe “to play a leading role globally” by setting out clear requirements and obligations in support of “trustworthy AI”, has officially entered into force today. Designed to address risks […]
The Croatian Ministry of Health has announced the installation of the first linear accelerator (cancer treatment device) of 21 to be provided for citizens under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, following a pledge from the government to invest €85 million in oncology treatment. The accelerators have been funded through […]
Nordic-based technology company Tietoevry has announced its successful bid for a contract from a large Swedish university hospital, with its openEHR solution, Lifecare Open. According to a press release, the Lifecare Open platform has been selected by the unnamed hospital to help bring about “more efficient patient-centred care with less […]
Spotlight Medical, a Paris-based precision medicine company aiming to solve “the critical issue of inadequate cancer treatments”, has successfully secured €6.2 million in seed funding for AI-driven prognosis tests designed to help improve cancer treatment. Spotlight Medical shared news of the funding on LinkedIn, highlighting how it would help to […]
The Ministry of Health in the Netherlands has issued a tender for the procurement of a platform, services and infection disease control system worth an estimated €100 million. The tender highlights that the Ministry of Health seeks a solution including “working pandemic-functional solutions” managed and maintained by the contractor, using […]
For our latest interview, we posed some questions to Dr Nojus Saad, president and CEO of the Youth For Women Foundation, France, and digital healthcare researcher and ambassador across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Nojus shared his experiences and insights from the field of digital healthcare spanning […]
