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Healthcare accessibility and practitioner well-being addressed across Europe

Equinix and Aurora Innovation, a vendor of communication services and solutions for healthcare providers, have announced a collaboration to expand Aurora Innovation’s capabilities across Europe. Focusing on improving patient access to healthcare s...

International graduates helping fill critical shortage of doctors across Canada

As Canada continues to face a critical shortage of medical doctors, a growing number of Canadian students who receive their medical training abroad at Global University Systems Canada’s (GUS Canada) medical programmes are helping to close the gap....

Upswing Health and XTRA enhance virtual therapy with AI motion tracking

Upswing Health, a Digital Musculoskeletal (MSK) care platform, has partnered with XTRA, a leading 3D AI-powered motion-tracking API provider to enhance their virtual care programmes. By generating objective movement data and monitoring adherence to...

Study investigates factors affecting asthma in young children

Young children – between two and four – suffered the highest rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations (ARE) over a nearly 30-year period according to new research by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) programme at the National Ins...

World cybersecurity leaders form Advisory Council to tackle growing healthcare cybercrime

Healthcare IoT and medical device cybersecurity specialist, Cylera, has formed its first Advisory Council bringing together World leaders in cybersecurity to share insight and drive innovation to help tackle the myriad of security challenges facing today’s r...

The three Cs of cybersecurity

Strong cybersecurity is the backbone of every organisation. Check Point Software agrees, outlining the three C’s methodology below and why should they be central to an organisation’s strategy moving forward. Cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to exp...

Genomic urine test detects bladder cancer from DNA

A new genomic urine test can help doctors accurately predict bladder cancer as many as 12 years before clinical signs and symptoms emerge and long before a diagnosis can be made with cystoscopy, the most common method of detection, according to a new...

87% of people living in Canada want universal mental healthcare

People living in Canada believe that we are in a mental health crisis and that governments are not doing enough about it. A recent survey conducted by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) found that almost nine in ten agree that people...

96% of CISOs struggle to get the support required to be resilient against cyberattacks

Trellix has released its latest report, The Mind of the CISO. The research is the result of a survey of global Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) across every major industry and reveals how they work amidst a tumultuous threat landscape, which...

VR training launched for professionals to develop their SDM skills

The Personalised Care Institute (PCI) has launched lifelike Virtual Reality training on shared decision-making (SDM) for health and care professionals – after research found that nearly half (46%) report gaps in their knowledge and most (70%) would like to l...

Medical costs for employer-sponsored plans this year have yet to fully adjust for inflation

The impact of inflation is not yet fully reflected in medical trend factors, according to Buck. The findings were released in Buck’s 44th National Healthcare Trend Survey, a report that identifies trend factors that are used to project...

UMGCC joins the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance

Caris Life Sciences (Caris), a leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionise healthcare, has announced that the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum...