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2023 23 Jun
The Catalan Department of Health has set up a project ‘Health data to share – Blue Button’ - a new system that allows citizens to get access to their own medical history. This is enabled through a health app known as ‘Catalonia on La Meva Salut (MyHealth)’. The Catalan public health system is the first in the European Union to create a tool that...Read more
2023 20 Jun
The European Union has recently taken a major step in laying out new rules for how companies can use artificial intelligence. Brussels has taken a bold and significant step in establishing global standards for the technology employed in various applications, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT to surgical procedures and fraud detection in the banking...Read more
2020 17 Mar
Digital healthcare aims to improve delivery of care and outcomes for patients. However, an upward trend in healthcare cyber attacks has raised concerns about the use of IoT medical devices and patient safety. The technologically fragmented IoT infrastructure, as noted by infosec experts, is a major factor behind the increasing number of attacks....Read more
2020 17 Mar
Digital healthcare aims to improve delivery of care and outcomes for patients. However, an upward trend in healthcare cyber attacks has raised concerns about the use of IoT medical devices and patient safety. The technologically fragmented IoT infrastructure, as noted by infosec experts, is a major factor behind the increasing number of attacks....Read more
2020 22 Jan
Germany has become the latest signatory to the EU Declaration ‘Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022.’ Launched in 2018, the declaration is aimed at having at least 1 million sequenced genomes available in the EU by 2022. You may also like: Measuring the Nation’s Health Since its launch, 21...Read more
2019 02 Oct
The date is set (we think!) - on October 31st the United Kingdom is to leave the European Union (EU). Since the 2016 referendum on membership of the EU bloc, when 51.9% of British voters opted for an exit from the European Union, the Brexit negotiations have been erratic and dramatic with no resolution about the form the exit will take. Trade deals,...Read more
2017 08 Feb
Philips and Diagnostics Development, a P&M Venge company, evaluate the novel human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL) biomarker for the rapid detection of bacterial infection Based on Philips’ Minicare I-20 handheld diagnostics platform, the Minicare HNL assay is recognized for its potential to provide physicians with 10-minute confirmation of bacterial...Read more
2017 08 Feb
Philips and Diagnostics Development, a P&M Venge company, evaluate the novel human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL) biomarker for the rapid detection of bacterial infection Based on Philips’ Minicare I-20 handheld diagnostics platform, the Minicare HNL assay is recognized for its potential to provide physicians with 10-minute confirmation of bacterial...Read more