Healthcare Tech COVID-19

AstraZeneca Partners with South African BrandMed to “Improve Treatment Outcomes, Patient Experience”

wazup June 15, 2021 Comments Closed 70 views

Image sourced from Market Watch. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_80c.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_80c.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } The COVID-19 pandemic and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have compelled healthcare stakeholders to explore new ways of improving health systems, stimulating the advancement of healthcare ecosystems that focus on enhancing the patient experience, improving treatment outcomes, while at the same time reducing expenses and treatment timelines. AstraZeneca South Africa Partners with BrandMed AstraZeneca South Africa announced this week that it will be providing sponsorship to BrandMed towards the establishment of fifteen BrandMed Syntro-P Health Centres of Excellence as part of its commitment to work towards a future where all p...

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Groundbreaking AI Scans Lungs for COVID-19 Presence

wazup May 7, 2020 Comments Closed 94 views

In Wuhan, China, when the rate of coronavirus infection was at its highest, doctors were able to use an AI algorithm to scan the lungs of thousands of patients. The algorithm in question, developed by Axial AI, analyses CT imagery in seconds. It is able to declare whether a patient has a high risk of developing viral pneumonia from the coronavirus or not. The coloured area shows where the algorithm has detected pneumonia. Sourced from the BBC The BBC writes that a consortium of firms developed the AI in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. They say it can show whether a patient’s lungs have improved or worsened over time – when more CT scans are done for comparison. A hospital in Malaysia is now trialling the system and Axial AI has also offered to donate it to the NHS in the UK. However, th...