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Almedalen discussion 1: AI and digitization – for better health

7 August, 2018

The solution to health care challenges? Politicians and the health care system have high expectations for AI and digitization. Success factors are integrated and user-friendly systems that cooperate with users. Solutions are also needed for unable or unwilling to use digital healthcare. This year’s politician week in Almedalen was full of talks and workshops on digitization and artificial intelligence (AI). A search in the program for the word “digitization” produced…

Almedalen Week observations and experiences

7 August, 2018

Akademilivhas been monitoring events in Almedalen on behalf of Sahlgrenska Academy. We have sought out the latest and most interesting discussions for us and describe four of these below (with links to more information and videos of the seminars): AI and digitization – for better health Academic freedom vs. access to competencies Utilization – research for Sweden and industry Policy solutions to future challenges in healthcare and research misconduct (August…

Great interest in fresh ideas within health sciences programs

7 August, 2018

Are hybrid courses the answer to new requirements in health care? Dean Agneta Holmäng discussed this issue with Ann-Marie Wennberg, director of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Stefan Bengtsson, president and CEO of Chalmers University of Technology, in an op-ed article in Dagens Medicin(Today’s Medicine), at a packed seminar in Almedalen and in a follow-up article in Dagens Medicin. Artificial intelligence, digitization, robotic surgery… Billions are being invested in building the…

In memory of Arvid Carlsson (1923-2018)

26 July, 2018

IN MEMORY. Arvid Carlsson, professor of pharmacology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, has passed away, at the age of 95. Arvid Carlsson was awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering research on the signal substances of the brain. Agneta Holmäng, dean, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg: “Sahlgrenska Academy misses both a very good friend and co-worker, but also an outstanding researcher. Arvid Carlsson is…

Effective Protection against Hip Fracture during Cortisone Treatment

12 July, 2017

There is effective protection against hip fracture for the many elderly people whose skeleton is declining in strength, as a side effect of cortisone treatment. If patients receive the osteoporosis medication alendronate, it reduces the risk of hip fracture by 65 percent, as a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals. “The low number of people who receive this protective treatment is often due to…

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