One person in 10 in the UK is living with chronic kidney disease, a figure which rises to one in five among people aged over 80. People in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes have been urged to use World Kidney Day (14 March) to find out more about a condition which can cause serious illness, […]
NEW YORK, US – JANUARY 03: Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the court in New York, on January 03, 2023. Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images In a letter to the Department of Justice, an FTX customer who lost $4 million when the exchange filed for bankruptcy in 2022 expressed disgust at a circulating narrative […]
Digital transformation solutions provider Open Medical Europe has entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Tamer Healthcare, a prominent corporation based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The strategic alliance appoints Tamer Healthcare as the exclusive distributor of Open Medical’s digital solutions across the entire territory of Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, Tamer Healthcare will […]
The AI model ChatGPT can write administrative medical notes up to ten times faster than doctors without compromising quality, according to a new study. Administrative tasks take up a large share of a doctor’s working hours, reducing the time for patient contact and contributing to a stressful work situation. Researchers at Uppsala University Hospital and […]
North London Mental Health Partnership has announced its intention to move to a single electronic patient record system for the partnership. The move means Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust will use the RIO electronic patient record system, with the partnership noting that it has “made the difficult decision to discontinue the use of EMIS, […]
Bad actors targeting healthcare because of the rewardsUnfortunately, reports continue to place healthcare as one of the top industry sectors globally targeted by rogue nation-states and cybercriminals. Research last year conducted by Check Point Software found that cyberattacks on healthcare organisations increased by almost a quarter (22%) from Q1 2022 to Q1 2023. One of […]
Japanese IT and electronics company NEC Corporation and Tokyo Medical and Dental University have developed an AI-based technology to support individuals possibly dealing with chronic lower back pain by automatically estimating its causes. HOW IT WORKS Firstly, the digital tool automatically estimates the human skeletal pose structure from an image taken with a smart device. It utilises 2D/3D […]
A farmers holds cocoa beans while he is drying them at a village in Sinfra, Ivory Coast, on April 29, 2023. Luc Gnago | Reuters Consumers could start to see the effect of surging cocoa prices as the world faces the worst supply deficit in decades, with farmers in West Africa struggling against bad weather, […]
The Charles Eddie, a crude oil tanker owned by Euronav SA, a Belgian shipping company, sails northbound on the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. Dana Smillie | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crude oil futures slipped Tuesday as traders assessed the impact of the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East on the supply picture. […]
Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh at the first unit they built in east Texas. Matt Lohstroh The Argentine province of Mendoza is famous for its vineyards and full-bodied Malbecs. But the popular wine region in the foothills of the Andes mountains is also home to the world’s second-largest shale gas reserve called Vaca Muerta, which […]
