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Healthcare provider is getting increasingly more help from smart devices

Based on the four editorial themes of sustainability, mobility, health and digital, the editors of Innovation Origins look back on 2020 with a summary of the most noteworthy news stories.

ZuidOostZorg tests the use of smart glasses in healthcare

Being able to consult a colleague's expertise remotely is one of the possibilities that ZuidOostZorg is putting to the test with GemVision's SmartGlass.

Doctors make better choices with the TraceBook tool

TraceBook analyzes patient data and advises healthcare professionals on suitable treatments. Patients heal faster and have a better chance of recovery.

In the fight against infant mortality in Africa, GOAL 3 develops a smart monitor

Good healthcare is not always a given. Start-up GOAL 3, of the TU Eindhoven, wants to help nurses and doctors in developing countries to improve care.

Chatbot as a GP? ‘We’re seeking a good balance between efficiency and human contact’

Where some people can't bear the thought of robots in healthcare, others see plenty of potential. E.g. chatbots are on the rise. The advantages and disadvantages of these systems at a glance.

Where will the future corona outbreaks be in The Netherlands?

The Coronavirus  – still something that was far from our daily lives a month and a half ago, is now furiously sweeping through The Netherlands. […]

Start-up of the Day: app teaches cancer patients how to cope with fatigue

Door Vonk, co-founder and CCO of ‘Tired of Cancer‘ ran her own consultancy firm for many years. There, she raised funds for all kinds of […]

Wirkstoff, APN01, COVID-19,

European test of new corona medicine on 200 patients

Some 200 seriously ill corona patients in Austria, Germany and Denmark are being given a new drug. Its active substance is APN01. Previous tests with […]

VentilaTM ventilator

The race for ventilators; even Formula 1 is involved

A significant proportion of COVID19 patients need to use a ventilator. This is such a high proportion that in the affected countries there are not […]

Antikörpertest, Coronavirus

Universities in Austria are making test kits for Covid-19

The Austrian government has committed itself to testing in the fight against the corona virus. This calls for a vast number of test kits. For […]

€350,000 for Dutch university pilot of gel that restores spinal disc degeneration

BioMatrix B.V., a spin-off from the Dutch Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), is developing a gel to repair degenerative damage to the intervertebral discs located […]

Covid-19, Wirkstoffe, Screening

Start-up screens 2 billion substances for efficacy against COVID-19

The Austrian start-up Innophore will screen two billion potential active substances for Covid-19. This is the largest computer-based screening project in the world. Collaboration with […]

British research raises hopes for treatment of dementia and other brain disorders

Parkinson’s is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world. The same applies to dementia. There is still a lot unknown about these brain […]

Oxford University is developing a 30-minute corona test

We’ve all seen the footage over the past few days of hospitals with drive-in corona tests. Large tents are also being set up in other […]

Update: USA won’t get Corona vaccine via takeover: “Europe is not for sale” – CureVac gets €80 million from EU

One day after we wrote this article (see below) about the fact that biotechnology company Curevac and major shareholder Dietmar Hopp said “no” to a […]

Delir erkennen - mit einer neuen Methode kann bei Patienten geistige Verwirrung diagnostiziert werden

Start-up of the day: DeltaScan measures brain waves to detect deliriums

The Utrecht start-up Prolira has developed a method, called the DeltaScan, which determines with 90% certainty within a minute and a half whether a patient […]

Start-up of the Day: Smart monitor saves babies’ lives in Africa

More than thirty babies on an incubator ward with a single nurse. This is quite normal in African hospitals. The nurse is always busy with […]

This is the healthcare of the future, but who’s going to pay for it?

The population is rising and we are getting older and older. As a result, healthcare is becoming more and more expensive. We need to redesign […]

Tomorrow is good: Innovation is investment

Ah, I suppose you were thinking about money as soon as you saw the headline. Fine, that’s also an investment. But I’m mainly thinking about […]

Meet SARA, the almost-autonomous nursing robot

A Dutch startup BrightCape has developed a robot called SARA. SARA’s purpose is to support the nursing staff in taking care of the elderly. SARA […]

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