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Department of Health: Abu Dhabi further strengthens response to COVID-19 through Malaffi
In an effort to further reinforce the response to COVID-19, and under the direction of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DOH), Malaffi, the region’s first Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform, has announced the urgent release of two solutions, to provide urgent extended access to Malaffi and a centralised database of all COVID-19 testing results in real-time. These solutions…
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How does coronavirus affect patients with heart diseases?
Among chronic diseases, cardiovascular diseases are included in risk group regarding coronavirus. So, how does Covid-19 affect these patients and what are the symptoms? All details are in this interview made with Professor Sinan Dağdelen, M.D, Cardiovascular Specialist in Acıbadem Healthcare Group Turkey. Coronavirus caused Covid-19 disease leading to an outbreak which started from China and spread around the globe.…
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How does Coronavirus affect cancer patients?
Cancer patients should be particularly careful against Covid-19! First coronavirus infection secondary to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19), which is a variation Coronavirus family, was seen in China in December 2019 and has spread around the entire globe leading to a pandemic (an infection which spreads to a wide area in more than one country or continent). Covid-19 rapidly became widespread around the…
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Nurgul Vatansever
Restorative Therapies Group, Vice President at Medtronic CEMA Nurgul Vatansever “We Are Passionate About Helping Healthcare Professionals By Providing Innovative Solutions” Medtronic is currently using Artificial Intelligent (AI) through various applications across its businesses, including Diabetes, Neurovascular, Gastroenterology and Minimally Invasive Therapies, as it opens up new and exciting possibilities for us to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend…
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Mr. Sami Rizk
The CEO of the LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital Mr. Sami Rizk “We have become today a hospital specialized to receiving corona patients from A to Z” Upon arriving at the LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital’s entrance, you quickly become aware of the new strict procedures that the center applies in order to fight the novel coronavirus and limit its spread.…
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Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in conjunction with Baylor College of Medicine, participate in remdesivir clinical trial
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in conjunction with Baylor College of Medicine, its research and educational partner, are participating in a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This clinical trial seeks to find an effective treatment for the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).…
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Abbott Announces CE Mark and Immediate Availability of its COVID-19 Laboratory-Based Antibody Test in UAE
New antibody blood test will run on Abbott’s ARCHITECT® i1000SR and i2000SR laboratory instruments and will expand to its Alinity™ i system Abbott will ship to UAE today and intends to distribute 300,000 tests by the end of May Abbott is already providing its COVID-19 molecular test for its m2000™ instrument Test demonstrated specificity and sensitivity of greater than 99…
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Omnicell introduces New Rapid Pandemic Response Scheme to support partners in the Middle East in fight against COVID19
Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) – a leading provider of medication management solutions and adherence tools for healthcare systems and pharmacies – announced that the company is working alongside its distributor partners in the Middle East to fast-track its health care automation solutions to the front line, to help meet the increasing demand for services during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Omnicell technology…
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Scientific Committee’s Evaluation Process is on
The Members of the Scientific Committee of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences have attended their monthly meeting virtually, and discussed various aspects of the evaluation process of each category of Awards; International, Arab World and, UAE. The Committee decided to extend the deadline to receive the nominations for the International & Arab World category to…
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Coming out of COVID-19: the impact on healthcare tech
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the heroism, fortitude and cruciality of frontline healthcare workers. It has also highlighted the importance of having the right technology and resources in place to reduce the strain on those frontline workers and support them in their day-to-day work, with or without a pandemic unfolding. As hospitals and healthcare workers are placed…
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