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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a three-year ASEAN initiative for digital health wallets to replace paper health records with secure, interoperable digital versions. The programme, launched with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in partnership with the Temasek Foundation, aims to give people trusted, portable access to essential health information while [...]
JAAQ has raised £13m in series A funding for its digital health and engagement platform, which embeds mental health content into user, patient and customer journeys. Powered by an AI-native approach, JAAQ says its bespoke library of more than 10,000 clinically reviewed videos can be integrated into partners' products or hosted as a bespoke JAAQ [...]
Article produced in association with London Pregnancy Clinic First-trimester ultrasound is a routine part of antenatal care across the UK. For most expectant parents, the nuchal translucency scan offers the first detailed visual assessment of the pregnancy and returns a reassuring result. For a smaller subset, however, a measurement above the expected range introduces a [...]
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has reported improvements in patient flow following the first phase of a digital transformation programme using Alcidion’s Miya Precision platform. The programme is helping clinical teams coordinate patient discharge planning more effectively across seven community hospitals. The Trust reports that average patient length of stay reduced by [...]
Sanius Health, the London-based AI and patient data platform, has acquired Cambridge cancer digital health company THERAPYAUDIT, developer of the beetroot therapy audit care platform used by NHS clinicians to monitor treatments, track outcomes and coordinate complex cancer and care pathways. The acquisition expands the reach of Sanius Health technology to more than 35 NHS hospitals, [...]
Harris Health Alliance (HHA) has completed the acquisition of eRedbook, the UK’s most established digital parent held child health record. This is an asset purchase from Heathersoft, bringing the eRedbook, supporting technology and customer base into the HHA portfolio. eRedbook is a widely recognised digital platform, used to support the capture and sharing of key [...]
Altera Digital Health has been awarded 10-year contracts by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust to implement the Altera Electronic Patient Record (EPR) platform. This major investment marks a significant milestone in both trusts’ digital transformation journeys and will support improvements to patient flow across Greater Manchester, aligning [...]
Scotland has become the first part of the UK to test newborn babies for SMA, a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness. The condition was recently highlighted by singer Jesy Nelson, formerly of Little Mix, whose twin baby daughters have been diagnosed with SMA. Babies can be identified as having SMA [...]
North East Lincolnshire Council has gone live with System C’s Education Case Management Early Years Module. This go-live marks the latest stage in the Council’s multi-year programme to modernise education and children’s services operations. North East Lincolnshire Council is an existing user of System C’s Children’s Case Management, Early Help Case Management and wider Education [...]
Genentech antibody emugrobart has failed in two rare diseases, raising questions over whether it can preserve muscle in ongoing obesity trials. Roche’s Bay Area subsidiary disclosed the discontinued programmes in separate 19 March letters to the patient communities for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). For both conditions, Genentech said it had [...]
