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Surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital had to use phone torches during a spinal operation after a power outage, as reported by The Independent. The NHS safety watchdog found the hospital is facing ongoing maintenance issues, including power failures and water leaks. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) warned of “recurrent” problems, including the outage during [...]
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it would terminate 22 contracts for mRNA vaccine projects, questioning the safety of the technology. The cancelled contracts, worth nearly US$500m, include one with Moderna for development of a bird flu vaccine and rejected proposals from Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur, CSL Seqirus and Gritstone. The Biomedical Advanced [...]
Imprivata has introduced advanced face authentication technology to further expand the company’s passwordless capabilities. The cutting-edge solution is optimised for both shared and personal devices, providing frontline workers with secure, seamless, and consistent authentication across their endpoints, applications, and workflows. This allows organisations to eliminate password friction and drive productivity while maintaining strong identity assurance [...]
Andrew Mernin meets Wendy Hurlburt, president and CEO of Life Sciences British Columbia (LSBC), to find out more about research, investment and trade opportunities in the vast Canadian province. When we meet Wendy Hulburt on the bustling exhibition floor of one of Asia’s biggest health innovation summits, it is immediately clear that she is a leader in [...]
By Jamie Whysall, Principal & Head of Health, Netcompany The recently published NHS 10 Year Health Plan for England sets out a bold vision for the future: an NHS that is more preventative, personalised, digitally enabled and financially sustainable. Among these ambitions, tech stands out as the central thread – the key enabler for turning [...]
Sanome has secured Class IIb CE certification and MHRA approval for MEMORI - an AI-enabled warning system for the early prediction/prevention of healthcare‑associated infections (HAIs). The company has also appointed new strategic advisors, including former Health Minister Lord James Bethell and ex-Executive Director of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Prof Carole Longson. [...]
Opharmic Technology is advancing targeted drug delivery with the innovative use of ultrasound technology. Health Tech World speaks meets founder Langston Suen in Hong Kong to find out more. Opharmic Technology has developed a non-invasive drug delivery system that harnesses low-frequency ultrasound technology to deliver drugs without invasive needles. Targeting retinal diseases that currently require injection-based treatment, [...]
The UK has become the first country to offer gonorrhoea vaccines through sexual health services from today. The initial rollout will prioritise those at highest risk, particularly gay and bisexual men with a history of multiple sexual partners or previous sexually transmitted infections (STIs). NHS England estimates the programme could prevent up to 100,000 cases [...]
The government’s big plan for the 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS laid out a big role for delivery. However, the Highland Marketing advisory board felt the missing implementation plan will have some big issues to address, from addressing the state of NHS IT today, to finding the time and money to deliver on [...]
A UK council has turned one employee’s 35 years of experience into an AI chatbot to support colleagues working in adult social care. Geraldine Jinks, a therapy practitioner at Peterborough City Council, was often asked for advice on care-related queries. After her manager recognised how much time this was taking, the council developed Hey Geraldine [...]
