NEWS
This year, Centivis turns 3 and we have officially received the ISO 9001 certification. What are the challenges and milestones of running a diagnostics consultancy from Switzerland? And what does the ISO 9001 certification mean for clients and partners? We discuss with Centivis Founder and Managing Director Norbert Farkas.
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is becoming a hot topic in diagnostics. But how is the data generated and processed so it can be used to develop diagnostic tests? We speak to Michael Schmid, founder of Genexa, a bioinformatics start-up that has worked with EU-based labs to solve these problems.
Recently in Oct 2020, the NHSx, UK’s National Health Service arm in charge of digital and data, launched a digital technology assessment criteria (DTAC) beta that assesses more basic user aspects of digital solutions including clinical safety, data protection, technical assurance, interoperability, usability, and accessibility.
Digital atrial fibrillation (AF) screening and monitoring solution FibriCheck is facilitating better outcomes for AF patients, who suffer from this elusive condition that entails irregular heartbeat. The solution, developed by Qompium, allows patients to measure their heart rhythm via their smartphones or wearables. We had a chat with CEO Lars Grieten on the journey towards 350,000 users, the impact of Covid and what’s in the pipeline. This is a bonus piece in addition to our 2 part series (see part 1, part 2) for AF awareness month.
