Day: April 11, 2022

Australian telehealth company Coviu has partnered with language services provider Ezispeak Health to provide on-demand access to language support via video telehealth. Available in over 300 languages, the integrated service instantly connects patients with their GPs and a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters-certified translator. According to a press statement, Ezispeak Health is the only language solution made exclusively for the healthcare sector. With over 3,000 interpreters, the private firm also caters to other industries, including the government, telecommunications…

University College London (UCL) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are joining forces to launch a center for digital innovation. The center, to be hosted at the IDEALondon technology hub, will help healthcare and education organizations to accelerate digital innovation and address global issues in the sectors. It has sent out its first call for engagement via the Impact Accelerator, a program offered by UCL and AWS which aims to boost startups by providing advice, education and funding initiatives. Successful applicants…

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), one of the UAE’s largest hospitals for serious and complex care and a joint-venture partnership between Mayo Clinic and Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), has become the first hospital in the Middle East to launch a prominent point-of-care tool for antimicrobial management. The launch of the tool is in aid of SSMC’s mission to promote the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents, reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and shed a much-needed light on…

In the presence of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Advisor for the President of the United Arab Emirates and Chief Patron of the Foundation, the HH Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Humanitarian & Scientific Foundation and Burjeel Medical City, a subsidiary of VPS Healthcare Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding  to strengthen their partnership in the field of healthcare; particularly for management of patients with thalassemia who often need to travel outside the UAE to benefit from…

Egypt has completed 289 healthcare projects with a total cost of around EGP 9.6 billion in three years, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said said, according to an official report. Projects include building new hospitals in Assiut, Minya, Matrouh, Sharqia, Damietta, North Sinai, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Beheira, El-Said added. As per a report by the Egyptian planning ministry, Aswan saw highest number of healthcare projects in Egypt, with around 59 projects at a total cost of EGP 1…