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Stockholm3 prostate cancer diagnostic receives funding from the EU’s EIT Health cluster

Pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of collecting and utilising patient-reported data, and showed there are benefits of doing so.

The internet teems with sites that promise to help people improve their health, but which really work?

In the thick of the row over the repeal of Obamacare and what is to follow, the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has set out its prospectus for reform of the US healthcare system

The number of EU approved drugs for treating rare diseases is increasing but high prices and restrictive reimbursement policies are preventing patients from getting access.

Although patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) are being promoted as a way to optimise treatment, it is not clear that patients and doctors agree on how PROMs are interpreted.

The OECD has launched an online consultation to get views on how to improve access to innovative therapies, whilst ensuring national drugs budgets do go through the roof.

Helping people with asthma take control of their own illness reduces symptoms, improves quality of life, reduces use of emergency health services and even prevents deaths, according to a review of 270 studies carried out by researchers in the UK.

Denmark was a leader in using primary care data to drive improvements in outcomes. The decision to take down the national database following security concerns was a major step backwards. Access must be restored says OECD

Getting a better night’s sleep can lead to improved physical and mental wellbeing over time

The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board set up a value-based team to collect and analyse data on how its budget is spent. This is helping to get better value for money and improving outcomes for patients with Parkinson’s disease, cataracts and chronic lung disease

A study led by Warwick University has found a link between the removal of both ovaries during hysterectomy and an increase in heart disease, cancer and premature death.

Many adults with diabetes are unaware of their increased risk for certain serious illnesses, including pneumococcal pneumonia/pneumococcal disease, flu and hepatitis B, according to a recent national online survey sponsored by Merck & Co. (known as MSD in Europe) and the American Diabetes Association.

Five hospitals belonging to Austria’s largest healthcare provider NÖ Landeskliniken-Holding, and seven private diagnostic centres have formed a radiology collaboration network that is enabling clinicians to securely access patient data from any hospital.

Mobile phone company Nokia is diversifying into the regulated health sector with the launch of Patient Care, a range of services that will enable doctors and health professionals to remotely monitor their patients with smart devices.

Cancer patients were both willing and capable of self-reporting adverse events and are able to provide more information than clinical investigators, according to a study in JAMA Oncology.

European Commission: European Reference Networks connect 900 teams across Europe for the benefit of patients

A joint project by the health and digital technologies directorates aims to break the logjam in adopting ICT, promoting greater patient involvement and easing the flow of medical data for research, EU digital chief Roberto Viola tells Healthy Measures

An agreement between the pharma industry and health care providers in Manchester will collect real-world data on the value of drugs. The aim is to open the door to fixing drug prices based on how effective they are in everyday use

As more health data gets stored and analysed, the challenges of governance and culture stand in the way of progress, a Science|Business Healthy Measures conference heard. A solution: citizen involvement