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EU Digital COVID Certificate Enters into Application in the EU

The EU Digital COVID Certificate Regulation enters into application. This means that EU citizens and residents will now be able to have their Digital COVID Certificates issued and verified across the EU. 21 Member States as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein had already started to issue certificates ahead of today's deadline, and five EU countries are starting now.

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Philips and the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) Collaborate on a New Ultra-Fast Cardiac MRI Protocol for Research Purposes

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, has participated in an important research project to develop a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique [1,2] that could potentially revolutionize the use of MR imaging in cardiology.

Reducing the procedure time for full evaluation of heart anatomy and function from about one hour down to a few minutes, this new technique has the potential to increase patient access to precision diagnosis, improve patient comfort due to shorter scan times, and lower the cost of care.

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CSAM Acquires Optima - Further Boosts eHealth Public Safety Offering

CSAM Health Group AS ("CSAM"), the leading provider of niche eHealth solutions in the Nordics, today announced it has signed a deal to acquire eHealth player Optima Corporation Ltd from Chicago, USA-based R1 RCM.

With the acquisition of Optima Corporation, CSAM Health Group will bring market-leading Optima products, impressive customer base and skilled teams in Auckland, New Zealand, Chicago, US, and Reading, UK, into the CSAM family.

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Overcome Mental Health Stigma

Depression is a worldwide problem, with serious consequences for individual health and the economy, and rapid and effective screening tools are thus urgently needed to counteract its increasing prevalence. Now, researchers from Japan have found that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect signs of depression.

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Deep Machine Learning Completes Information about the Bioactivity of One Million Molecules

The Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology laboratory, led by ICREA Researcher Dr. Patrick Aloy, has completed the bioactivity information for a million molecules using deep machine-learning computational models. It has also disclosed a tool to predict the biological activity of any molecule, even when no experimental data are available.

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Open Call HORIZON-HLTH-2021-TOOL-06-03: Innovative Tools for Use and Re-Use of Health Data (in Particular of Electronic Health Records and/or Patient Registries)

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 5 "Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society". To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored and contributing to all of the following expected outcomes:

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COVID-19 Origins Still a Mystery

Scientists using computer modelling to study SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, have discovered the virus is most ideally adapted to infect human cells - rather than bat or pangolin cells, again raising questions of its origin.

In a paper published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, Australian scientists describe how they used high-performance computer modelling of the form of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the beginning of the pandemic to predict its ability to infect humans and a range of 12 domestic and exotic animals.

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Novartis and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Join Forces to Advance Novartis Global Health Efforts

Novartis and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)announced a collaboration that aims to accelerate the use of data and digital technologies within Novartis efforts to reimagine global health and improve access to healthcare and medicines.

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Smartphone Screening and Referral Increases Access to Care for People with Eye Problems

A smartphone-based eye screening and referral system used in the community has been shown to almost triple the number of people with eye problems attending primary care, as well as increasing appropriate uptake of hospital services, compared to the standard approach. The new findings come from research carried out in Kenya, published in The Lancet Digital Health.

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Product Owner - Ventures

Digital health is a key pillar of Bayer Pharmas roadmap, with a plan to achieve a significant stand-alone revenue stream. The vision is to offer digital solutions that are built on human-centered design (beyond the treatment and the disease), address critical healthcare challenges (personalization, organization, behavioral changes), deliver positive health outcomes (clinical value) and generate revenue.

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