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UCSF, Fortanix, Intel, and Microsoft Azure Utilise Privacy-Preserving Analytics to Accelerate AI in Healthcare

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Fortanix, Intel, and Microsoft Azure have formed a collaboration to establish a confidential computing platform with privacy-preserving analytics to accelerate the development and validation of clinical algorithms.

News US

·5 years ago

Contact tracing app launches in England and Wales

After months of delays, the NHS has finally launched its official contact tracing app in England and Wales. The NHS Covid-19 app will ask users who have been near someone with a positive coronavirus test result to self-isolate for fourteen days.

Apps UK

·5 years ago

Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 get ECG readings

Electrocardiogram (ECG) readings came to Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 in the US today, as Samsung's Electrocardiogram Monitoring App recently gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clearance.

Samsung SmartWatch

·5 years ago

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in Putney, London

BT and Microshare enable smart hospital in London

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability (RHN) in Putney has enlisted BT and start-up firm Microshare to introduce a smart Internet of Things (IoT) solution to help automate routine tasks to enable staff to spend more time with patients, and residents, and to reduce energy costs.

UK BT Group

·5 years ago

Protect Scotland App: Scotland now has its own proximity tracing app

Smartphone users across Scotland are being urged to download NHS Scotland’s new contact tracing app - Protect Scotland - to help suppress the spread of COVID-19. Supported by a dedicated Protect Scotland website, the app is an extra tool complementing existing person-to-person contact tracing.

UK Apps

·5 years ago

Canada launches COVID-19 exposure notification app

Canada has launched a nation-wide exposure notification app to help inform Canadians when they may have been exposed to COVID-19, part of a broader effort to contain the virus as businesses and public spaces reopen across the country.

Apps Canada

·5 years ago

L-SPARK Accelerator Program launches for Connected Medical Devices

L-Spark has opened applications for a new MedTech accelerator program in partnership with Telus, BlackBerry, Solace, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).

Canada BlackBerry Connected

·5 years ago

Tech Leaders and Health Authorities team up to Combat COVID-19

The Linux Foundation has launched a new initiative to use open source technologies to help public health authorities (PHAs) around the world combat COVID-19 and future epidemics.

News

·5 years ago

Canada to Begin Testing Contact Tracing App

While several countries in Europe have already released contact tracing apps using Apple-Google technology, Canada has announced that it has developed a new national contract tracing app that will also use the Apple-Google Exposure Notification API.

News Canada BlackBerry

·5 years ago

Samsung Health Monitor App Blood Pressure

Samsung Launches Health Monitor App with Blood Pressure Measurement

Samsung has launched the Samsung Health Monitor application has in South Korea, following its clearance by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) earlier this year. From today, Galaxy Watch Active2 users in Korea can access the Samsung Health Monitor app.

Samsung SmartWatch

·5 years ago

Samsung Health comes to 2020 Samsung Smart TVs

Samsung's Health platform is now available on 2020 Samsung Smart TV models. Samsung Health is a user-centric wellness platform that goes beyond fitness.

Samsung

·5 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 gets ECG Monitoring Clearance

The Electrocardiogram (ECG) function of the Samsung Health Monitor app has been cleared by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS).

Samsung SmartWatch

·5 years ago

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