Google is to release new functionality this week to overlay COVID cases data on Google Maps. Data from 220 countries will be used to overlay Google Maps, enabling a user to drill down to a location to understand key metrics, such as the seven-day average of new COVID cases per […]
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AI radiology platform secures £7.2m in funding
QUIBIM, a medtech company that specialises in artificial intelligence and image processing technologies has raised £7.2million in funding from investors. The company has developed over 20 algorithms for a range of conditions including cancer, Alzheimer’s, osteoarthritis and liver disease. It has recently launched chest X-ray and CT scan products for COVID-19, […]
Amazon launches no programming app building platform
Amazon has launched a new tool, Amazon Honeycode, to allow anyone to build mobile and web application without programming required. The platform has initially been made available in Oregon, USA, with more regions coming soon. It means that anyone can build a mobile or web application without the need to […]
Livi announces merger of Swedish healthcare provider
KRY, known as Livi in English speaking markets, has merged with healthcare company Helsa one of the largest healthcare companies in Sweden. KRY provides a platform to enable patients to see a doctor or a psychologist by video, at a time and place that suits them. The merger will combine […]
UK AI company secures COVID-19 pilot across India
A UK based artificial intelligence radiology company is to launch a new pilot with Apollo Radiology International, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, across India. The hospital group across India will be testing Behold.ai’s ‘instant triage’ AI-based chest X-ray technology to triage suspected COVID-19 patients. The technology is hoped to speed […]
Mayo Clinic launches AI study to investigate how COVID-19 attacks the heart
A collaboration between Ultromics, a specialist AI system to support clinicians in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease has partnered with the Mayo Clinic to quantify cardiac involvement in COVID-19 and help triage high-risk patients with myocardial injury. The research team is applying the artificial intelligence system to map how the COVID-19 […]
MIT launches app in USA using crowdsourced data to highlight hospital resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched a tool in the United States, based on crowdsourced data, to help patients and professionals see real-time availability of hospital resources. The team has developed a web app which is now publicly accessible at: https://Covid19hospitalstatus.com. The tool aims to highlight and support capacity and […]
Feature: UAE labs implement connected management system to accelerate COVID-19 testing
InterSystems has signed an agreement with Pure Health to deploy the TrakCare Lab Enterprise system to support the UAE’s testing initiatives for COVID-19. GCC’s largest lab operator Pure Health is to deploy technology from InterSystems to support the largest laboratory network in the Gulf region with 115 labs and employing a […]
Former Cambridge CEO to utilise COVID impact assessment tool across Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) is to adopt a COVID-19 impact assessment tool from Draper & Dash to better understand its capacity needs. The tool helps healthcare providers plan resources and response strategies using local data such as pathology, radiology and live emergency department data and also pulls in […]
USA developers launch USA Covid Near You tracking tool
US developers at Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital have launched a USA COVID-19 tracking tool. The tool created by epidemiologists and software developers at Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital and a group of volunteers from across the technology industry is called Covid Near You. It uses crowdsourced data to visualise maps to […]
