Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris claim to have successfully destroyed HIV-infected 'reservoir' cells. HIV targets cells with high metabolic activity and 'hijacks' energy to multiply. — Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6521155/amp/Scientists-succeed-destroying-HIV-infected-cells-major-breakthrough.html
John D. Halamka Beth Israel Deaconess System, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School USA Halamka, J. (2018). Keynote Address: Transformational Technologies in Healthcare - All Aboard!. Blockchain in Healthcare Today. Retrieved from https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/indexphp/journal/article/view/84 — Read on blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/article/view/84
The biggest German health insurances AOK and TK develop together with Berlin major clinic group Vivantes an uniform interface for electronic health records (EHR) . Die beiden größten Krankenkassen AOK und Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) entwickeln gemeinsam mit dem größten kommunalen Gesundheitsunternehmen, dem Berliner Krankenhauskonzern Vivantes, eine einheitliche Schnittstelle für den Datenaustausch zwischen Gesundheitsakten... — Read on www.presseportal.de/pm/78431/4140229
The company was founded last year and has developed technology that analyzes data from a combination of clinical and commercial devices to monitor and track the health status of patients at home. — Read on medcitynews.com/2018/12/san-francisco-startup-raises-6-75-million-for-remote-health-monitoring/
Inexpensive procedure shows whether patient has cancerous cells in the body, but does not reveal where or how serious it is. — Read on amp.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/04/scientists-develop-10-minute-universal-cancer-test
New prescription drug-use related software proposed by FDA will help companies and develop an efficient pathway to help increase safety and effectiveness. Read on: www.natlawreview.com/article/significant-fda-digital-health-policy-development-prescription-drug-sponsors
Neu Report on Benchmark of German Clinics from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) PwC-Studie: Krankenhäuser im Vergleich. Finanz- und Leistungskennzahlen 2018 öffentlicher, freigemeinnütziger und privater Träger. Read on: www.bdpk.de/media/file/3341.pwc_Studie_Krankenhaeuser_im_Vergleich.pdf
European Reference Network: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) and other Clinical Decision Support Tools (CDSTs) — Read on etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html;eTenderingPublic=0kVGmcqTLa8xpic1H9nFAzo1BcwyFyk7G_CUr0-QG7ag_XNCvGqM!629740168
Bundesärztekammer beschließt neue (Muster-) Weiterbildungsordnung für Ärztinnen und Ärzte in Deutschland — Read on: https://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/news-detail/bundesaerztekammer-beschliesst-neue-muster-weiterbildungsordnung-fuer-aerztinnen-und-aerzte-in-deutsch/
Medical Research Scholarship The Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research (DHFMR) is offering a limited number of partial scholarships on the basis of merit and financial need. These scholarships will be funded at 25%-50% of tuition to pursue clinical research training. Scholarship Link