First Patient Treated with LC Bead LUMI™ Radiopaque Embolic Bead Supported by Philips Live Image Guidance
BTG plc (LSE: BTG), a global specialist healthcare company, and Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), a global leader in image-guided therapy, announced a significant milestone in their collaboration with the treatment of the first liver cancer patient with LC Bead LUMI™ in conjunction with Philips live image guidance, targeting a hypervascular tumor with the goal to block blood flow to achieve tumor necrosis.
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The Ascom Myco smartphone, one of the world's first smartphones purpose-built for healthcare environments, has successfully completed the MobileIron Android Self Testing Program. This demonstrates that the Ascom Myco supports the Google-standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) used by MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL), the leader in mobile enterprise security.
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Paperless NHS Investment Should Focus on People, Not Products
Opinion Article by Shane Tickell, CEO, IMS MAXIMS.
The UK Government's commitment to invest £4bn in technology for the NHS in England yesterday is welcomed, but the taxpayer's money needs to be spent wisely to have the anticipated impact.
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Your.MD, World's First AI Personal Health Assistant now Available on Global Messaging Services
Your.MD, the only personal health assistant that harnesses Artificial Intelligence (AI), is now available to users on global messenger platforms for the first time. The news comes as Your.MD reveals it has become the number one health app in over 40 countries since its launch in November 2015 (1) including India, the Philippines and Nigeria.
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Brainlab Observes World Cancer Day with Message of Education and Innovation
Brainlab AG, a global leader in cancer-fighting medical technology, showed solidarity with the World Cancer Day campaign 'We Can. I Can.' by releasing a video in which employees share how they personally impact cancer. The three-year World Cancer Day campaign, outlines actions that people can take to prevent cancer, improve survival rates and reduce the impact cancer has on individuals, families and communities.
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Philips Teams up with Validic to Integrate Personal Health Data
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced it is further enabling connected health by signing an agreement with Validic, a U.S.-based fast-growing company that pioneers a technology platform for connectivity and access to digital health data from clinical and remote-monitoring devices, sensors, fitness equipment, wearables and patient wellness applications.
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EMIS Health Implements Open Standards for Interoperability
EMIS Health has become the first UK clinical systems provider to implement new open standards for interoperability in the NHS - enabling clinicians using its systems to securely share data with any other third party system across health and social care.
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