International

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a Diagnostic Imaging Acceleration (“Ditch the Disk”) Workgroup late last month. It aims to make imaging data seamlessly and electronically retrievable across organizations, within clinical workflows and by patients. Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. president Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was nominating Dr Nicole B Saphier (pictured) as his pick for surgeon general. Read More

TORONTO – The MaRS innovation hub has partnered with Innovate UK, an economic development agency, to support eight U.K.-based AI health companies as they expand into North America. Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Jim O’Neill (pictured), a former investor, critic of health regulations and currently U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s deputy, is taking control of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following ouster of the agency’s director. Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Trump administration scientific research budget cuts appear to have prompted three-fourths of polled scientists to say they’re considering leaving the United States for Europe or Canada. The poll, published in the scientific journal Nature, revealed 75.3% of the responding scientists are considering leaving, while 24.7% are not. Read More

PARIS, France – Earlier this week, at the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched InvestAI, an initiative to mobilise €200 billion for investment in AI, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories. Read More

VANCOUVER and MEXICO CITY – Leaders of MYND Therapeutics Inc. and the Clinica de Obesidad at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ) met in Mexico City during the second half of October and signed a letter of intent to partner on co-developing solutions to combat obesity. The meeting was part of the Canadian Technology Accelerator Digital Health Program, Mexico, 2024. Read More

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, spotlighting a slew of features this week that are designed to soup up the iPhone, iPad and Mac. The AI technology, coming as part of free software updates later this year, is being billed as “Apple Intelligence.” Read More

TORONTO – MaRS Discovery District and Innovate UK’s (IUK) Global Incubator Programme have announced the launch of the second cohort for startups focused on health and AI. These seven promising UK companies aimed at improving patient outcomes, enhancing drug discovery, and optimizing precision medicine will participate in the program at the MaRS innovation hub in Toronto. Read More

MELBOURNE, Australia – An independent study of the implementation of Alcidion’s Miya Precision at Alfred Health has identified a wide range of benefits attributed to the adoption of electronic patient journey boards to facilitate inpatient clinical workflows. Read More