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Siemens Healthineers AI-based COVID-19 Severity Algorithm Now Available
Through a year-long collaboration with a number of leading healthcare institutions across the globe, Siemens Healthineers has developed the Atellica COVID-19 Severity Algorithm,(1) a model designed to help predict the potential liklihood of progression to severe disease and life-threatening multiorgan dysfunction in COVID-19 patients. Researchers Use AI to Predict which COVID-19 Patients will Need a Ventilator to Breathe
The tool, developed through analysis of CT scans from nearly 900 COVID-19 patients diagnosed in 2020, was able to predict ventilator need with 84% accuracy.
Bittium Expands Its Minority Holdings in Remote Cardiology Service Companies in Europe
Bittium Biosignals Ltd, a subsidiary of Bittium Corporation, and British ECG service provider, Technomed Limited, have today signed an agreement under which Bittium will purchase a 25 percent stake in Technomed's capital stock. The agreement will strengthen the partnership between the companies in the development of ECG technology that measure the electrical activity of the heart. Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Names Eight Finalists
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named eight companies as finalists in the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, which brings together leading-edge startups with prominent health companies to tackle some of North America's greatest health challenges.
Attracting more than 2,600 startup applicants in the past five years, the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge supports finding innovative approaches and solutions to help create better healthcare access, experiences and ultimately outcomes for all people.
Waiting Times for Medical Admissions Reduced by 34% at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust by New Clinically-Led Digital Solution
Clinicians at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust have dramatically reduced patient waiting times, decreased hospital length of stay and improved patient safety after developing an electronic acute medical list solution to manage patient referrals.
The configuration was initially set-up to track referrals and admissions to the Acute Medicine Unit (AMU) Team from multiple sources.
Clinerion Patent for Technology Underpinning Patient Network Explorer is Published
The new Clinerion patent underpins any medical EHR database infrastructure that incorporates a hybrid model of cloud-and-local server node installations at individual hospitals, as well as any method for search of patient cohort care metrics across such a platform. This allows real-time search at each individual hospital across the entire network at once, returning aggregate metrics from the entire network. More eHealth News ...
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