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Partnering to improve patient outcomes in the Middle East

Guido Sander, General Manager of Middle East for Roche Diagnostics, explains how the company is striving for a world where collaboration leads to improved patient outcomes and ensures everyone has access to timely diagnostic solutions. The critical role of...

The future of AI in healthcare: How patient care will change

A Q&A with Herat Joshi, Data Science – Team Lead, Great River Health Systems, on the transformative potential of AI in healthcare. The launch of ChatGPT marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of Generative AI, bringing it to the forefront of t...

Stryker announces definitive agreement to acquire virtual care and ambient intelligence solutions platform, care.ai

Stryker, a global leader in medical technologies, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire care.ai, a privately held company specialising in delivering AI-assisted virtual care workflows, smart room technology and ambient intelligence solutions. The...

ADHD digital test approved for use by the NHS for diagnosis in children

After successful trials by the NIHR, the NHS is now using a digital test to speed up the diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.   In July 2024, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued...

Growing Patient Roadshow hosted by Align Technology aims to accelerate dental care for children and teens across Middle East

Align Technology, a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures and sells the Invisalign system of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, recently...

Quantum Computing and AI in healthcare: The Infinite Transformation

Kefreen Batista, Vice President of Technologies at Globant, discusses the role of Quantum Computing and AI in healthcare. Imagine a world in which complex medical diagnoses are almost instantaneous and personalized treatments are developed in record time....

Editor’s Question: Is HealthTech prioritising profitability over equitable access?

To what extent is the rise of HealthTech truly bridging the healthcare gap for lower-income populations, and how much of it is being driven by market forces that prioritise profitability over equitable access? I ask three experts for their thoughts on the...

AI tool aims to predict a person’s risk of dementia from brain scans

As part of the NEURii initiative, data scientists and clinical researchers will use brain scans from the entire Scottish population to build a software tool that they hope will be able to predict a person’s risk of dementia.  The project, called S...

Radiology without borders: Advancing medical imaging in MENA

Rob Anderson, Global CEO at Everlight Radiology, takes us through the future of radiology within the MENA region. With growing imaging demand and radiologist shortages, Everlight Radiology’s innovative teleradiology solutions are bridging the gap, ensuring e...

King’s College Hospital London in Dubai migrates Electronic Health Record to Oracle Cloud

King’s College Hospital London, in Dubai, KCH Dubai, has become one of the first UAE-based health systems to migrate its Oracle Health Electronic Health Record, EHR to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, OCI. With OCI, KCH Dubai is improving the security, p...

New method developed to detect fake vaccines in supply chains

Research published and led by University of Oxford researchers describes a first-of-its-kind method capable of distinguishing authentic and falsified vaccines by applying Machine Learning to mass spectral data. The method proved effective in differentiating...

UAE clinic adopts AI-powered dentistry

MAS Clinic, a leading dental care provider in the UAE renowned for providing best dentofacial services with cutting-edge innovation and advanced techniques, announces its pioneering approach in the field of dentistry by incorporating AI technology for...