Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending October 29:
Microsoft kills Kinect, but healthcare users will carry on
MobiHealthNews ~ Jonah Comstock ~ 26/10/2017
Microsoft is discontinuing the Kinect, its pioneering 3D motion-sensing camera. FastCo broke the news that the company will no longer manufacture the device, though it will support existing devices for the time being.
Bittersweet as Corbridge leaves Health Service Executive to return to UK
Digital Health News ~ Shireen Khalil ~ 26/10/2017
Richard Corbridge is looking forward to taking on his new role at one of the largest trusts in the UK but equally, he would have liked to see through one of the most significant and fundamental changes in the Irish healthcare system – the implementation of its electronic health record.
