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Pistoia Alliance launches freely available IDMP Ontology 1.0

The Pistoia Alliance, a global not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has published its Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) Ontology 1.0 under an open-source license. The Pistoia Alliance plans to...

NHS staff call for ‘long overdue’ investment in HealthTech 

According to new research from BT, NHS staff have joined a chorus of voices calling for the rapid rollout of digital technology to tackle growing wait times for diagnosis and treatment, as concerns mount around existing targets to reduce hospital waiting...

Leading healthcare organisations unite to improve women’s health equity

Over 40 leading organisations, including Ferring, UCB, Roche, GE Healthcare, SAP, Salesforce, Tech Mahindra and Microsoft, have signed an open letter urging improved gender equity in global healthcare. The letter, which was shared at the World Economic...

Emerging standards, tech innovation and strategies for a greener healthcare 

In this article, Florian Pivit, Managing Director at GLOBES Elektronik GmbH & Co KG, a milexia company, discusses the future of green healthcare and the technology that will support the sector in becoming more environmentally sustainable.  How...

Why healthcare data will be the panacea to NHS challenges  

Mark Hitchman, Managing Director of Canon Medical Systems UK, explains how healthcare data must be harnessed through specialist digital data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) acceleration initiatives to improve outcomes, tackle waiting lists and alleviate...

First ever global campaign to improve access to assistive technology launched at World Economic Forum 

A new global campaign, backed by the Honourable First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Samina Arif Alvi, was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling for urgent action to improve access to assistive technology for millions of people around the...

At-home app launches as NHS reveals almost 2M hospitalised due to UTIs 

A revolutionary app has been launched to tackle the staggering number of UTI-related hospital admissions in the UK.   The Rightdose Self-Test & Treat App, in collaboration with Newfoundland Diagnostics, empowers individuals to test and treat...

What technology will make the PM’s ‘Smoke-free’ generation possible and what technology may prevent the objective? 

In October 2023, UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced the new legislation to create a smoke-free generation.  The legislation will make it an offence to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. In effect, the law will stop...

NTT DATA to lead creation of innovative European system to revamp pandemic prevention

The technology consultancy firm will lead the consortium behind a project to create an advanced technology system, dedicated to detecting and preventing pandemics. NTT DATA, a world leader in technology services, has been appointed to lead the construction...

API Security Risks: A closer look at healthcare’s growing concerns  

Twelve months on from Noname Security’s last survey we can see that APls continue to pose significant risks to businesses around the world. Noname Security undertook its API Security Disconnect research again in 2023 and the results highlighted that...

Q&A: John Klepper, CEO, Pipra 

Pipra AG has developed life-changing Artificial Intelligence to prevent postoperative delirium (POD), a condition prevalent in those over 60 who undergo routine surgery, however, a huge 70% of cases go undiagnosed. With our ageing population, more and more...

Aptar Digital Health announces immuno-dermatology partnership with Legit.Health 

Aptar Digital Health, a global expert in Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), digital Patient Support Programs (PSPs) and disease management solutions, has announced a new partnership with Legit.Health, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based medical device...