In France, the rollout of the national SI-SAMU programme is continuing with the deployment of the 12th SI-SAMU in the departments of Côte d’Or and Nièvre. The programme focuses on supporting SAMUs (Service d’Aide Medicale d’Urgence) in their digital transformation, making products and services available to them to help support […]
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Applications open for French funding programme to support digital transformation in healthcare
HOP’EN 2, a funding programme run by the Digital Health Directorate aiming to support digital transformation of healthcare establishments in France, has opened its first applications phase, with health establishments invited to apply to achieve the programme’s objectives. The programme is built around four key objectives, including improving service access […]
France’s Spotlight Medical secures €6.2m in seed funding for AI cancer prognosis
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 […]
Interview: Dr Nojus Saad, president/CEO of Youth For Women Foundation & digital healthcare researcher
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 […]
Fifth edition of French Digital Health Doctrine places focus on cyber security
The fifth edition of the Digital Health Doctrine for France has been published as a “reference document for actors in the e-health ecosystem, who develop or operate digital services” for healthcare workers and users. The doctrine highlights ongoing work in interoperability, including the new Cadre d’Interopérabilité des Systèmes d’Information de […]
French start-up Sorella secures €5m in funding to enhance tech for women’s health
French health tech start-up Sorella has successfully secured €5 million in funding, which is set to go towards advancing the company’s tech for women’s health and the expansion of its multidisciplinary health clinics for women. In a LinkedIn post, Sorella announced the results of its latest fundraising efforts, calling the […]
France: Dassault Systèmes launches virtual twin of Saint-Louis Hospital’s dialysis unit
Dassault Systèmes has announced the launch of a virtual twin project in collaboration with the Saint-Louis Hospital AP-HP in Paris, with aims of improving understanding around the respiratory transmission of viruses and optimising patient care. The project uses augmented reality to create a virtual twin of the hospital’s dialysis unit, allowing […]
French consortium explores possibilities of virtual twins for medical practice
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 […]
New partnership in France to drive innovations in clinical research and AI
A new partnership in France has been announced between global advisory and clinical research firm Alira Health and Sancare, a company specialising in harnessing the potential of hospital data through AI. The partnership will focus on the launch of a platform of “deep hospital electronic medical record data linked with […]