In a new blog, the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlights the need for a “systematic approach to monitoring infodemics and developing infodemic insights that are reproducible and evidence-based”. WHO points to the way that the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an “overwhelming” amount of information, including mis- and dis-information, stating: […]
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Microsoft and Epic to bring OpenAI service to EHRs
Epic and Microsoft have announced a collaboration this week to integrate and develop generative AI capabilities into the Epic electronic health record. The organisations announced the news at HIMSS in Chicago, noting their plans to combine the Azure OpenAI Service with the Epic EHR. One of the first solutions being […]
AWS announces 23 startups joining workforce accelerator programme
Amazon Web Services has announced 23 health tech start-ups to join is latest accelerator programme specifically focusing on workforce solutions. The technical, business, and mentorship programme aims to support suppliers in advancing their solutions and accelerating growth using the cloud. This latest programme covers solutions for workforce retention, workforce deployment […]
Open Medical partners with Tamer Group to offer digital transformation solutions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Open Medical has partnered with Tamer Group in order to offer digital transformation solutions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), with the aim of supporting KSA on their healthcare transformation journey. Tamer Group is an integrated healthcare and wellness group within Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa. […]
Peppy Health raises £37 million for US expansion
Peppy Health, a platform that provides workplace health support, has secured £37 million in a Series B funding round led by Albion Capital, to support US expansion. The company’s platform is said to “support your employees through underserved areas of health that fall through the gaps all too often – […]
Google researchers evaluate AI language models for clinical application
A group of researchers from Google Research and DeepMind have published an evaluation of an artificial intelligence application used to understand and generate language in a clinical context. As part of the evaluation the team propose a benchmark framework to assess performance of language applications across various parameters. The researchers […]
UK-Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange programme launches open competition
The UK-Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange programme is to launch an open competition for companies from the UK and Canada to work together with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of elderly people through innovation. Applicants should be developing innovative solutions which are at an appropriate stage of development, with a […]
Electronic medical record system in place across Bermuda Hospitals
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has gone live with a new electronic medical record system called PEARL (Patient Electronic and Administrative Records Log), using Cerner’s Millennium product. The system is being introduced to “replace a number of other systems” and to “support integration,” BHB said. The implementation of PEARL is “a significant […]
Innovate UK opens USA health tech incubator
Innovate UK has opened an accelerator programme for SMEs to explore the potential of overseas markets. Applications are now open for its Global Incubator Programme for the Houston USA market, through a partnership with the Texas Medical Centre and support from the Department for International Trade, as part of the BioBridge […]
TPP wins electronic health record contract in Jamaica
TPP has been awarded a contract worth over $5 million to implement its electronic health record system in Jamaica. Speaking in the House of Representatives in Jamaica on Tuesday (November 22), Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton announced the plans. In 2019 the Jamaican Ministry of Health and […]
