Monday, September 16, 2024
Whilst at Web Summit, we met up with John Klepper, co-founder and CEO of PIPRA (Pre-Interventional Preventive Risk Assessment), a Zurich-based medtech company that has developed its first product; an AI-based surgical tool to assess a patients’ risk of suffering from postoperative delirium. Hi John! Thanks for meeting us. Can […]
Here, we take a look at the Austrian Federal Government’s AI strategy, Artificial Intelligence Mission Austria 2030 (AIM AT 2030), which is “the result of an extensive stakeholder process in which more than 160 experts from different disciplines were involved”, to consider its provisions for the use of AI in […]
The Fogarty International Center has issued a call for mobile health interventions and tools for low and middle income countries (LMICs). The program covers “exploratory and developmental research to study the development, validation, feasibility, and effectiveness of innovative mobile health (mHealth) interventions or tools” for LMICs that utilise new or […]
The World Bank has published a report titled ‘Digital-in-Health: Unlocking the Value for Everyone’, which looks at the progress and promise of digital technologies in health around the world, including country readiness measured through maturity metrics from the Global Digital Health Monitor (GDHM), and presents eleven determinants of digital-in-health success. […]
At the Web Summit in Lisbon, we had chance to speak to James Martin, CEO and founder of ezClinic. ezClinic is a Chicago-based medical technology company with a mission to become a key resource for patient safety and risk management through use of AI and preventative monitoring assistance. Through an […]
Scientists from Mayo Clinic, USA, have been utilising reanalysing of negative whole-exome/genome data (RENEW) to diagnose rare genetic disorders. RENEW tracks the discovery of “disease-causing genetic variants” across the globe, with findings being uploaded to the system on a three-monthly basis. These findings can then be compared to the clinic’s […]
We tuned in to the National Institute of Health (NIH) Research and Innovation Translation Partnerships In Point-of-Care Technologies Conference and Technology Showcase, to listen to expert panelists talking about the journey from concept to commercial availability in point-of-care technologies. Panelists included Eric Lai, team lead of the COVID-19 rapid acceleration […]
At Web Summit in Lisbon, described by Politico as “the world’s premier tech conference”, we had chance to speak to Pouria Mireshghi, co-founder and CEO of Iranian deeptech / medtech company NerveAide, about their recent work and ambitions over the next five years. Hi Pouria! Thanks for chatting with us. […]
Philips’ Future Health Index 2023 has placed Singapore’s health sector “at the forefront of digital technology” on workforce, efficiency and sustainability. According to the report, Singapore’s need for an additional 24,000 healthcare workers to support its aging population and meet the demands on the nation’s health system, is being alleviated […]
US health tech company Oracle has announced that it will be harnessing generative AI technology to help clinicians reduce administrative pressures. Integrated with Oracle’s EHR solutions, the Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant is said to be designed to make it easier for patients to schedule appointments and check clinical information using […]
