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Massachusetts Governor explores digital health collaborations at Dublin summit News
16.05.2013 As part of his trade visit to Ireland this week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited a digital health summit in Dublin yesterday to explore possible collaborations...Tags: Healthcare, Digital Health -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield sore but in good spirits as he readjusts to gravity News
16.05.2013 Astronaut Chris Hadfield says he feels like an “old man” and has been bumping into corners after being weightless for five months aboard the International Space Station. The... -
Big data could mean big health cost savings and better outcomes News
14.05.2013 Picture a scenario where, by collecting the right data and using today’s sophisticated analytics, our health system could predict when a patient with chronic conditions might... -
Film Welcome to the Machine reveals technology is what it means to be human News
09.05.2013 The impending arrival of filmmaker Avi Zev Weider’s triplets as a result of IVF inspired him to explore the nature of technology and what it means to be human in a new film,... -
Oneview Healthcare wins software deal with Sydney hospital News
01.05.2013 Irish software company Oneview Healthcare has signed a contract to provide an integrated software solution to the new world-class cancer treatment and research facility at the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Life Sciences, Digital Media, Digital Business, Deals Done -
Queen’s student named AppCamp champion for vaccinations app News
25.04.2013 The Queen’s University Belfast software engineering student behind Vacci-Nations, an app packed with important health information for travellers, has been crowned winner of... -
Using stem cells as stealth vehicles against cancer News
26.04.2013 Dr Róisín Dwyer is using adult stem cells to seek out and target tumours. Claire O’Connell found out more about how she is developing ‘stealth vehicles’ to deliver anti-cancer... -
Semantic web breakthrough could make sense of big data faster News
17.04.2013 The first fruits of a research collaboration between the ICT giant Fujitsu and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway could be about to pave the way for...Categories: Web, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Science, Internet, Data Management -
TCD scientists claim breakthrough in testing the safety of nanomaterials News
11.04.2013 A team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin (TCD), including some from the nanoscience institute CRANN, is claiming to have come up with a new screening approach to test... -
New wireless prototype to monitor comfort of patients in wheelchairs News
06.04.2013 The WiSAR Lab at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) is tackling a new wireless project to monitor patients in wheelchairs who may be susceptible to pressure sores. -
Irish start-up GetHealth makes it onto US healthcare entrepreneurship programme News
04.04.2013 GetHealth, an Irish health technology start-up that has created an app to help people achieve their health and fitness goals via gameplay and social interaction, has been chosen... -
Software firm wins digital health contest to apply GIS expertise News
02.04.2013 Esri Ireland, a Dublin-based subsidiary of the software company Esri that specialises in the application of geographical information systems (GIS), has received funding to carry...Categories: Software & Web Development, Research, Mobile, Media, Life Sciences, Digital Media, Computers -
Our immune system is akin to a turbo-charged hybrid car, claim scientists News
03.04.2013 Scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) involved in a study of how the immune system works believe they have uncovered more insights into the process of metabolism, which... -
Obama reveals US$100m research initiative to understand the human brain News
02.04.2013 US President Barack Obama has today revealed details of an ambitious research initiative called BRAIN that will result in an initial US$100m being pumped into research... -
Tech start-up of the week: Portable Medical Technology News
31.03.2013 This week’s tech start-up of the week is Portable Medical Technology Ltd, a company that develops accredited and trusted apps for medical specialists to reduce medical errors,... -
DocMorris launches app to remind customers when to take their prescriptions News
28.03.2013 Pharmacy chain DocMorris has invested €200,000 in a new app that could improve medicine administration and cut down on the Irish State’s healthcare bills.Categories: Apps -
200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro locates in Waterford News
28.03.2013 Waterford awoke to some thrilling news this morning, that the region is to benefit from 200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro Healthcare revealed plans to establish a...Categories: Science, Recruitment, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Healthcare providers in Mideast and Africa to spend US$4.4bn on IT this year - Gartner News
25.03.2013 Healthcare providers in the Middle East and Africa will increase their IT spending by 3.8pc this year to US$4.4bn compared to 2012 revenues of US$4.3bn, Gartner, Inc, has forecast. -
Irish-made next-generation coronary stent system implanted in Dublin News
20.03.2013 A next-generation drug-coated coronary stent made in Ireland has been successfully implanted for the first time worldwide in Dublin. -
Early drug treatment ‘cures’ baby of HIV News
04.03.2013 Standard drug therapy appears to have cured a toddler who was born with HIV, doctors have said, while others pointed out more research needs to be done to determine if the same...