In an effort to make the internet more accessible for people with disabilities, researchers at The Ohio State University have begun developing an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that could complete complex tasks on any website using simple language commands. In the three decades since it was first released into the public domain, the internet has […]
Dr Jane Brightman has joined the Highland Marketing advisory board, to bring a strong social care perspective to its debates on health and care technology and the guidance it provides to the agency and its clients. Dr Brightman, who recently became director of workforce strategy at Skills for Care after two-years as assistant director of […]
The University of Rochester in the US will house a new national centre focused on using tissue-on-chip technology to develop drugs more rapidly and reduce the need for animal Hani Awad, the Donald and Mary Clark Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedics and a professor of biomedical engineering, said that Congress passing the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 in 2022 made […]
Dr Chris Hobson, Chief Medical Officer at Orion Health, discusses how the planned delivery of a shared care record opens the door to improved health services across Ireland by alleviating pressure on overburdened clinicians. Medicine is one of the most rewarding career paths, but current workloads are relentless. The imperative to prioritise the needs of patients […]
Segway has taken to the Consumer Electronics Expo (CES) in Las Vegas to unveil a pair of new electric two-wheelers. The first is an electric bicycle called the Xafari, while the latter is a borderline electric motorcycle known as the Xyber. Both bikes are ostensibly categorized as electric bicycles in the US, fitting within the […]
Frontline healthcare workers in busy NHS hospitals feel that they are “just rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” according to Building on previous work from the team looking at the toll of Covid for healthcare workers, the analysis highlights multiple issues associated with poor retention. These include a culture of blame and negativity in hospitals, […]
There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. It can remove some of the amyloid that forms brain plaques that are hallmarks of the disease. But most of the drug is wasted because it hits an obstacle, the blood-brain barrier, that protects the brain from toxins and infections but also prevents many […]
Industry-leading experts in Smart Lockers and Storage and Charging Solutions, LapSafe® launches a new Smart Locker. Smart Lockers have quickly become an essential component across public sectors, organisations are choosing to use these innovative solutions to charge, secure, and deploy assets, such as laptops, tablets, handheld radios, pocket printers, firearms, tasers, and much more. One […]
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its integrated electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) solution provided by System C. It is the first paediatric trust in England to integrate CareFlow Medicines Management (CMM) with its own patient administration system (PAS) and other care coordination solutions, aiming to advance digital maturity, improve the […]
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, together with Oita University in Japan, has built what could be the world’s first AI model that uses data from wearable devices to predict Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Their research team embarked on a study to create a cost-effective, practical tool to pre-screen people suspected of developing the disease. […]
