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UK government to record COVID-19 deaths with new methodology
Today, the publication of daily data on coronavirus deaths will resume using a new methodology to calculate the figures.
Following a review by Public Health...
What happened to mobile tracking in the UK?
HEQ explores the failure to launch the NHS Track and Trace app.
One key challenge for policymakers and healthcare authorities in countries affected by the...
Unparalleled inventory of the human gut ecosystem
Scientists have compiled over 200,000 genomes from more than 4,600 species of gut bacteria into a public database.
An international team of scientists has collated...
UK launches large scale COVID-19 immunity study
The UK is to embark on a major, government-funded immunity study that will track the spread of the novel coronavirus infection in the population,...
AI collaboration creates largest brain haemorrhage image database
A collaboration between two medical societies and volunteers has created the largest public brain haemorrhage image database.
The creation of the brain haemorrhage image database...
EU Commission launches coronavirus data platform for researchers
The European Commission, together with several partners, has now launched a European COVID-19 Data Platform to enable the rapid collection and sharing of available research data...
Should clinical data be treated as a public good in the era of AI?
As healthcare infrastructure develops, many are questioning whether clinical data should be treated as a public good to help improve services in the era...
E-cigarette popularity still grows on Instagram despite FDA anti-vaping campaign
A new study by Frontiers has revealed that positive vaping hashtags on Instagram outnumber anti-vaping content 10,000 to one
Published in Frontiers in Communication, the...
Copenhagen crowned Europe’s healthiest city
Treated.com accumulated expansive data on 46* of Europe’s capital cities and have named Copenhagen the healthiest.
The cities were ranked on a number of variables...
Bridging gaps in mental health care with mobile apps
Over the last couple of years, people have become more aware of the importance of mental health care, a lot of this is due...
BioNotus: your one-stop partner for contract research
BioNotus combines bioanalysis (data) with pharmacometrics (information) to deliver actionable insights
BioNotus is a contract research organisation which specialises in the bioanalysis of drugs. Johan...
Poor NHS medical record sharing is putting patient lives in danger
A major survey of medical record keeping in the NHS has revealed critical deficiencies in the record-keeping systems of NHS Trusts.
Patient’s lives are in...
NHS staff fear ‘big tech’ firms analysing patient data
NHS staff are uncomfortable with multinational ‘big tech’ companies analysing anonymised patient data, according to a new survey.
A YouGov poll of 1,027 healthcare professionals,...
Welcome to Health Data Research UK – the national institute for health data science
Ever wondered how Health Data Research UK is uniting UK’s health data to drive innovation & improve public health? Learn more about the health...
Alleviating depression: exercise and the endocannabinoid system
Beneficial links between exercise and the endocannabinoid system are coming to light thanks to new research.
Besides just the physical benefits of exercise, for centuries...
New Index reveals world’s best healthcare systems
ID Medical has created an index ranking OECD countries on metrics regarding their healthcare systems such as healthcare spend, number of hospital beds, doctors...
Germany expanding digitisation with the new Digital Care Act
Introducing the new Digital Care Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz), which is now a part of Germany’s efforts to expand the digitisation of the German healthcare system.
Since...
The human factor in healthcare optimisation and digital health
Sean Price, EMEA Industry Solutions (public sector and healthcare) Qlik shares his views on how the human touch can unlock data potential in the...
Explore the world of healthcare IT solutions from a global regional perspective
Healthcare IT solutions is on the cusp of revolutionising the dynamics of medical care, here we explore a regional perspective of the matter.
The healthcare...
The road to accessible health information interoperability
The EP3 Foundation’s Marsali Hancock reflects on the forward-thinking innovations that are necessary to deliver comprehensive health information interoperability.
To date, no health system has...