Europe

  • A “new normal” for digital health

    Anna Soisalo, executive director strategy and product from Ustwo Europe, speaks to Health Tech World about the future of digital health, data responsibility, and personalised medicine... Technology is often described as a panacea in healthcare. Whether providing faster cancer diagnosis and more effective treatments or helping to keep elderly relatives out of care homes thanks [...]

  • Is virtual care a catalyst for improving health equity?

    During a key talk at the Health Tech Forward conference, panelists gave their insights into virtual care and addressed the question of whether or not it’s a catalyst for improving health equity.  Deploying virtual care evenly across the board, through varying cultures, languages and ethnic backgrounds is something which bears its own major challenges. During [...]

  • Interoperable digital care can only be achieved with an open tech approach

    Andy Meiner, chief revenue officer at ReStart, shares his insights with Health Tech World on interoperable digital care, and the importance of  an"open tech" approach... Integrated care systems (ICSs) will struggle to achieve even the most basic objectives, such as virtual wards and integrated clinical pathways, without a fundamental change in approach. These digital transformation [...]

  • Health Tech Forward 2022 kicks off in Warsaw 

    Entrepreneurs, innovators, investors and journalists from all over the world have gathered in Warsaw today (Tuesday 4 October) for the esteemed Health Tech Forward conference. Health Tech World editor, Kirsty Rigg, has flown over to the Polish capital to cover the event first hand… Warsaw’s trendy suburb of Praga is buzzing with energy this morning [...]

  • MEDICA 2022 is coming – here’s what to expect

    The largest global healthcare exhibition MEDICA, is taking place 14-17 November in Dusseldorf, Germany. And exclusive invitations from the UK government offer a global platform for UK medtech businesses… The Department for International Trade is providing a global platform for UK medtech companies seeking overseas markets at MEDICA 2022. Health tech, life sciences and medtech [...]

  • Home fertility firm ‘goes for growth’ with track record advisor

    Darren Goode, who previously led health tech company Elvie to become a $26m global brand, will now turn his efforts to innovative, home fertility femtech firm, Béa Fertility… A former global chief marketing officer at Elvie has been appointed as a leading advisor at femtech startup Béa Fertility - where he plans to help the [...]

  • Femtech company award finalist for hormone mapping product

    Innovative femtech company Forth has been nominated for the ‘Innovation in Health Tech’ award, at the LaingBuisson Awards 2022.  The CEO of femtech firm Forth previously made the 2022 longlist for the Health Tech World incredible women in health tech - and now the company is up for another prestigious award as a health tech [...]

  • NHS doctor’s excessive hours and burnout “a worrying prospect” 

    In the middle of a busy day shift at Croydon University Hospital, Emergency Medicine Consultant Oliver Spencer pauses to reflect on the pressures that the NHS is experiencing right now. “The NHS is seeing a surge in demand for services, not least due to the backlog that has mounted over the last two years,” he [...]

  • Satellite outpatient clinic launched by prosthetics firm

    A specialist prosthetics and orthotics company has announced the opening of its first ever, satellite outpatient clinic based in the north of England. Sheffield-based STEPS Prosthetics has launched the clinic at Neural Pathways in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear - where it already works in partnership with STEPS Rehabilitation. The move has meant that the company [...]

  • Hospitals ‘fall into chaos’ after loss of patient records 

    Patients’ safety fears as trust workers unable to access records, and outage results in “wrong” drug doses.  The devastating cyber attack affecting crucial NHS services has caused extensive consequences, and it could be a year before hospitals really recover, it has been reported.  The August ransomware attack on the health service, which halted ambulance dispatch [...]