IBM has announced a partnership with Apple which will look to use artificial intelligence to gather medical insights from the huge quantities of health data collected by personal devices.
Apple’s software framework ResearchKit is off to a cracking start, with Stanford University gaining over a year’s worth of medical research applicants in 24 hours.
The Trust says a new system from CCube will be a big step towards it being able to improve how patient referral paperwork and medical notes are shared among clinicians and clerical staff.
A Canadian-based start-up has developed a new healthcare app called Figure 1 that is becoming known as “Instagram for doctors.”
When users search Google for common health concerns, they’ll receive information immediately in the search engine’s Knowledge Graph.
The device is highly portable and costs less than a tenth of a modern incubation system, but provides the same level of care for premature babies.
The app allows healthcare professionals to share pictures of patients and their conditions to help with diagnosis and treatment, but has caused privacy concerns.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has appointed Dame Fiona Caldicott to a new role as National Data Guardian for health and care.
The recently appointed Secretary of State for Life Science has warned that European Commission (EC) regulation could hinder the UK’s technological development.
Devices ranging from implantable heart devices to infusion pumps are being investigated by US officials worried they could be exploited by hackers.
New research from the Economist Intelligence Unit shows 96% of business leaders expect their businesses to be using IoT in one form or another by 2016, says Magic Software's Stephan Romeder.
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