Category: Healthcare

Romania has the opportunity to innovate with Europe’s biggest healthcare giants.

Romania has the opportunity to innovate with Europe’s biggest healthcare giants.

Partnering with two of Europe’s prominent pharmaceutical companies, Chiesi Group and SYNLAB Italy, EIT Health, a part of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, has launched the new InnoStars Connect programme. Implemented in an open innovation format, the initiative aims to bring together start-ups, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs), researchers, universities, […]

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EIT Health supports European start-ups and SMEs to test their artificial intelligence and robotics solutions for healthcare through the TEF Health initiative

EIT Health supports European start-ups and SMEs to test their artificial intelligence and robotics solutions for healthcare through the TEF Health initiative

The TEF (Testing and Experimentation Facility) programme planned for five areas – healthcare, industry, agri-food, energy and smart cities – aims to streamline the certification and testing of artificial intelligence and robotics solutions in real-world environments. The Portugal-led health consortium just launched the first call for applications dedicated to the founders from the European healthcare sector. This initiative is underscored […]

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Siemens Healthineers Aims to Expand Photon-counting Scanning Technology to 1 billion Patients over next Decade

Siemens Healthineers Aims to Expand Photon-counting Scanning Technology to 1 billion Patients over next Decade

Siemens Healthineers aims to scan 1 billion patients with photon-counting based computed tomography scanners within the next decade, bringing its unique state-of-the-art imaging within reach of more and more communities. Over 500.000 patients have been scanned with the system so far at a large installed base, in settings ranging from privately owned practices to large university hospitals, each with its […]

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Romanian start-up Evo Beauty, which aims to digitize the beauty and wellness industry

Romanian start-up Evo Beauty, which aims to digitize the beauty and wellness industry

The Romanian start-up Evo Beauty aims to digitize the beauty and wellness industry in Romania with the most complete software solution that makes the activity of companies in the field more efficient. According to data from the National Trade Registry Office, in Romania, there are over 15,000 companies in the beauty salon industry, both PFAs and SRLs. Since the beginning […]

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Total Technologies enters the healthcare market, in partnership with Advantech

Total Technologies enters the healthcare market, in partnership with Advantech

Total Technologies, a reference company on the Romanian technology market, expands its portfolio and in 2023 enters the healthcare market in Romania, in partnership with Advantech, a global leader in the IoT industry and one of the most important suppliers of integrated medical industrial solutions. Total Technologies has been officially designated as an authorized reseller and service provider for the […]

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DRUID joins forces with Infermedica to launch innovative symptom checker Virtual Assistant for private healthcare network Regina Maria

DRUID joins forces with Infermedica to launch innovative symptom checker Virtual Assistant for private healthcare network Regina Maria

DRUID with the help of specialized healthcare technology solution provider Infermedica. The implementation is a novelty on the Romanian healthcare market, leveraging conversational AI technology’s benefits to give Romanian patients a safer, more efficient symptoms checker tool, guiding them towards the right medical primary care, based on their described symptoms. The new intelligent Virtual Assistant, available free of charge to […]

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Machine learning models for tumor detection

Machine learning models for tumor detection

The European DeepHealth Research & Development Project (Deep-Learning and HPC to Boost Biomedical Applications for Health) has come to an end. The SIMAVI team, a partner in the project consortium, achieved its goals, succeeding in creating Machine Learning models that help medical staff make the diagnosis faster and with greater certainty in the field of urology. These models detect an […]

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Digital Therapeutics Users to Exceed 40 Million in the US by 2026

Digital Therapeutics Users to Exceed 40 Million in the US by 2026

Juniper Research unveils new insights from its Digital Therapeutics & Wellness research suite. This new analysis found that the number of people using digital therapeutics in the US will grow by 510% over the next four years; from 7 million in 2022 to over 40 million by 2026. • Growth Factors: This spectacular growth will be driven by the increasing […]

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4.5 million lei will be granted for the modernization of six neonatology wards  from the Life for Newborns Fund

4.5 million lei will be granted for the modernization of six neonatology wards from the Life for Newborns Fund

Vodafone Romania Foundation announces the winners of “The Life for Newborns Fund” financing round, worth 4.5 million lei, for the renovation, modernization and supply of medical equipment, including telemedicine solutions, for level I and II neonatology departments and wards in public hospitals across Romania, as well as for the training of medical teams. The six beneficiary neonatal units belong to […]

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Cybersecurity for Patient Safety

Cybersecurity for Patient Safety

Patient safety is a key topic in healthcare. Companies utilize safeguards in a variety of ways to ensure patient safety. Some of these safety practices include safeguards for patients receiving the correct treatments and medications, procedures to ensure patients are safe in their environment, and processes for providers to follow for properly communicating patient information. Most people might not consider […]

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