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A new report from Public Policy Projects (PPP), Beyond Bed Management: Enabling Whole-System Patient Flow Through Digital Intelligence, chaired by Dr Victoria Betton, details a transformative approach to patient flow management across the NHS. The report, based on a high-level roundtable with senior NHS, local government, academic, and industry stakeholders, highlights the pressing need to move [...]
Doctolib has bought Medicus and plans to invest more than £100m in the UK after sealing the deal for the London-based GP software firm. The deal, for an undisclosed amount, will see Doctolib deliver combined technology, AI and services to the clinical and administrative teams of GP practices across the country. Its plans include hiring [...]
By Emma James, chief commercial officer, Digital Modus In NHS procurement, the moment a contract is signed is often treated as the finish line. In reality, it should be the starting point to understand what needs to be achieved and how we measure the delivery and ultimately the success of the contract. The NHS proposed [...]
Tens of thousands of cancer patients are set to benefit from a new immunotherapy jab on the NHS, which can be given in 60 seconds. The NHS is rolling out a new injectable form of pembrolizumab, sold as Keytruda, which can reduce treatment time by up to 90 per cent, to help patients spend less [...]
By Dr Andrew Feeney, IEEE Senior Member There has long been a global debate on personal versus governmental responsibility for the health of an individual. A British Social Attitudes Survey in 2017 reported that 61 percent of respondents thought that individuals had greater responsibility for their health than the government. Today, wearable technologies for monitoring [...]
Auryx has raised US$2m to develop earbud health monitors using everyday earbuds for continuous health tracking. The Cambridge startup says its platform draws health insights from sound, allowing devices people already use to capture a broader range of physiological signals than traditional optical wearables. The company started in a Cambridge pub, where PhD researchers Erika [...]
The UK medical technology sector has an annual turnover of over £26.4 billion. The opportunities for growth are huge, driven by developments in diagnostics, remote monitoring and patient care and enabled by AI, the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), and software-enabled products. There are many challenges for MedTech companies in this fast growing market, from [...]
Alesi Surgical, a surgical technology company tackling surgical smoke in operating theatres, has successfully closed a £7m funding round led by IW Capital and supported by existing shareholders, IP Group and Mercia Ventures. The funding will support international commercial expansion and further development of Alesi’s Ultravision2 platform as regulation around smoke control tightens. Dr Dominic [...]
By Andy Barker, strategic advisor for digital health at Harris Health Alliance, and formerly IT director for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and digital transformation lead for Kent and Medway ICB. Neighbourhood care brings many benefits. It means that a multidisciplinary care team can look after patients, whatever their needs. That team can include acute, primary, [...]
By Dr Anne Blackwood, chief executive, Health Tech Enterprise In today’s medical technology landscape, Artificial Intelligence has become the catch-all solution to every problem, or so it seems. While AI is undoubtedly adding value in MedTech, its dominance in investor conversations has created an uneven playing field. Founders developing clinically meaningful but non-AI-driven solutions may [...]
