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How AI Drives Down Healthcare Costs and Improves Quality of Care
Date: September 16, 2022
By Ronny Shalev, PhD, CEO of Dyad Medical Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the main tools powering the next generation of healthcare technology. With the potential to drive down healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes, all while helping doctors do what they do best. AI has high potential to transform our overall healthcare system....
Ai: The Future of Healthcare
Date: September 16, 2022
By Dr Christophe Bianchi, Chief Technologist HealthCare, Ansys The covid pandemic touched almost every aspect of our lives and its legacy can still be seen throughout society and the economy. During that time there was a laser-pointed focus placed on the healthcare industry – leading doctors and scientists instantly became household names...
Take Whatever Covid Booster You Can Get, Says Head of EU Drugs Watchdog
Date: September 14, 2022
By Ludwig Burger, Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -People in Europe should take whatever COVID-19 booster is available to them in the coming months, Emer Cooke, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), said in a Reuters Next Newsmaker interview ahead of an expected autumn rise in infections. Apart from the original...
UK Long-Term Sickness Rate Rises to Highest Since 2005
Date: September 13, 2022
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The proportion of Britain’s workforce too sick to work has jumped to its highest since 2005, which economists say is likely due to a mix of long COVID and greater difficulty in accessing health care since the start of the pandemic. A record 2.464 million people aged 16-64 gave...
EU Regulator Backs Pfizer/BioNTech BA.4/5-adapted Covid Booster
Date: September 12, 2022
By Natalie Grover (Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday recommended a COVID-19 booster designed to combat the currently circulating Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants, days after endorsing a pair of boosters tailored to target the older BA.1 Omicron variant. The latest recommendation is for a so-called bivalent vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, which targets...
Philips Subsidiary to Pay Over $24 Million for Alleged False Claims for Medical Equipment
Date: September 2, 2022
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A subsidiary of Dutch medical device maker Philips has agreed to pay over $24 million to resolve alleged false claims over respiratory-related medical equipment, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. The subsidiary, Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics Inc, resolved allegations that it misled federal healthcare...