Welcome to your daily dose of digital health news, information, and events – your go-to source for staying “in the know”.
👇 News
✔ Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data analytics, has announced a major milestone with its AI-driven Trial Accelerator Platform now containing data from over 100 million patients. This extensive data will enable sponsors to access information on patients with more than 4,000 indications, facilitating more successful trials and accurately simulating clinical development activities.
🤝 Alife Health, a fertility technology company focused on advancing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), has partnered with Ovation Fertility to pilot the world’s first embryo image cataloguing software. This software has the potential to enable AI-powered embryo selection and streamline the creation of digital records for every embryo using Alife’s Clinical Decision Support (CDS) algorithm.
💰 Britain has pledged over 100 million pounds ($125 million) to launch nine new AI research hubs and provide AI training for regulators. These hubs will focus on utilizing AI in fields such as healthcare, chemistry, and mathematics, with a portion of the funding dedicated to supporting regulators in monitoring and harnessing the potential of AI across various sectors.
💊 Closed Loop Medicine Ltd has published a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association, detailing the results of their PERSONAL-CovidBP clinical trial. The study demonstrates the effective control of blood pressure and minimal side effects using the company’s precision care solution, CLM-HT01.
😣 Researchers in Wales are launching the Persistent Pain Project to track participants for a two-year period, aiming to uncover psychological and lifestyle factors contributing to persistent pain among individuals.
❓ Did you know that
Three quarters of healthcare organizations are willing to relinquish some control to enable quicker decision-making by specialists on cyber threats, according to a study by e2e-assure. This underscores the urgent need for robust cyber security measures in the healthcare sector, especially as 77% of healthcare organizations have experienced cyber attacks.
📖 What we’re reading
Medriva – The Revolutionary Role of 3D Data and AI in the Future of Digital Health and Radiology
🚨 This week’s events
8-9 February, Birmingham – HSJ Digital Transformation Summit
