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 Vine robots could transform cancer treatment, shows Leeds study
Digital Health - (Friday August 2, 2024) Robots with magnetic skin and movement that mimics creeping vine plants could transform cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to a study by University of Leeds.  HIMSSCast: A pro checks in on the status of the health IT stock market
Healthcare IT news - (Friday August 2, 2024) Many people watch the stock market on a fairly regular basis, but sometimes it takes a pro to make sense of what can be a very murky or volatile landscape. Fortunately, there are pros… |
 Pure Storage is Helping Canadian Healthcare be More Resilient
Healthcare IT Today - (Friday August 2, 2024)  Moving healthcare infrastructure to the cloud is an effective way to keep IT infrastructure costs in check AND to improve recovery after a cybersecurity incident. These are two reasons why Canadian healthcare organizations, which…  NW London partnership leverages data to reduce child admissions
Digital Health - (Friday August 2, 2024) A partnership between North West London Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provider Collaborative (NWL CAMHS PC) and Real World Health has helped to reduce children’s time spent in hospital. |
 India drafts EMR, HIS standards
Healthcare IT news - (Friday August 2, 2024) India’s National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers has released draft certification standards for hospital information systems and electronic medical record systems.The accreditation body is currently seeking comments from industry stakeholders about the…  NHS England says trusts must start using FDP within two years
Digital Health - (Friday August 2, 2024) NHS England has written to trusts informing them that they must begin using the national Federated Data Platform (FDP) and its analytic products within two years. |
 Huma’s Evolution From Patient Monitoring Apps to Cloud Platform With AI Chops – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Friday August 2, 2024) Huma, the London-based healthcare technology company, began life in 2011 as a patient monitoring software company and started to build the infrastructure to run its digital health apps. Over the years, it also began…  NIST unveils new open source platform for AI safety assessments
Healthcare IT news - (Friday August 2, 2024) The freely-downloadable tool, called Dioptra, is designed to help artificial intelligence developers understand some unique data risks with AI models, and to help them “mitigate those risks while supporting innovation,” says NIST’s director.Nearly a… |
 News 8/2/24 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Friday August 2, 2024) Top News Teladoc Health reports Q2 results: revenue down 2%, EPS –$4.92 versus –$0.40, beating Wall Street expectations for earnings but falling short on revenue.  5 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in July – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Thursday August 1, 2024) This roundup is meant to highlight some of the most notable funding rounds of the month and is not intended to be comprehensive. Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in July. Here is… |
