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The UK Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has recently launched the Standards Partnership Scheme, a targeted programme to recognise and support vendors across the UK.
It will specifically focus on vendors that are implementing professionally endorsed record standards to improve and integrate care through interoperability.
The venture is supported by NHS and social care system leaders.
WHY IT MATTERS
Established in 2013, the PRSB is an organisation made up of care professionals that work to ensure that there are consistent standards for health and care records.
By taking part in the scheme, partners will join its professional networks in health and care committed to ensuring that standards are safe, recorded correctly and useful to the sector.
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Last week, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB ) released new guidance on the application of the European
Union General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) to
health research. The guidance was issued in the form of answers to
questions posed by the European Commission, the executive branch of
the European Union. The EDPB did not answer substantively many of
the questions posed, instead noting that additional guidance would
be forthcoming later this year regarding processing personal data
for scientific research purposes. Nevertheless, the guidance
acknowledged important issues to researchers, including:
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The European Commission’s new European Beating Cancer Plan has received a guarded welcome from MEPs
Ambitious health plan unveiled just ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February).
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The European Commission has hailed its new strategy as a step forward in addressing cancer, an illness that affects millions of Europeans and their families.
An estimated 1.3 million people die from cancer each year, including 6000 children, while the medical and financial consequences for those who survive are huge.
The plan centres around four key areas: prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment and improving quality of life.
The EU budget has earmarked €4bn to address cancer, including from the EU4Health programme, Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe programme.
European biotech companies rely on AI to deliver COVID-19 vaccine
A high-standard health system, rich health data and a strong research and innovation ecosystem are Europe s key assets that can help transform its health sector and make the EU a global leader in health-related artificial intelligence applications.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare is increasing rapidly.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges linked to our ageing populations and shortages of healthcare professionals were already driving up the adoption of AI technologies in healthcare.
The pandemic has all but accelerated this trend. Real-time contact tracing apps are just one example of the many AI applications used to monitor the spread of the virus and to reinforce the public health response to it.