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Amazon’s plans to cease operations of Amazon Care at the end of 2022 have raised a few questions. What's next for Amazon and healthcare? Amazon has announced (now officially) that Amazon Care operations will shut down on New Year’s Eve of 2022. The move comes just three years after it began piloting a primary care [...]
When it comes to women in health tech, the imbalance is similar to what you would find in STEM overall (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Figures show that in health technology specifically, only one woman in five people are working in the industry. Women in health tech - empowerment and inspiration The lack of women [...]
Emmy-nominated journalist and former head of BBC VR Zillah Watson speaks to Health Tech World about the future of Virtual Reality in depression and mental health… Depression treatment is changing. What was once a one-way street to complex pharmaceuticals is becoming a wider, more varied landscape of tech solutions. As the world gets more comfortable [...]
A trial for nurses to wear high tech smart goggles to “free up time” with patients has been criticised online - from patients who say the money is better spent on improving NHS services. An NHS pilot to introduce virtual reality style headsets for nurses on home visits has been met with contempt. The trial, [...]
The rising number of healthcare workers in the USA has been named as the nation’s biggest patient safety concern. But what can be done to tackle it? When COVID-19 hit the States, an estimated 1.5 million health care jobs were lost in the first two months alone. It was reported that some of these jobs [...]
A podcast addressing self-harm, psychosis and borderline personality disorder is aiming to help psychiatric patients though digital connection. On the Ward, which aired its first episode in June, gives online listeners an exclusive insight into life as an inpatient - opening new channels for understanding. Presenter John Barry Waldron follows a new willing patient each [...]
The world’s first expandable deep brain access port has been made available to neurosurgeons after successful human use in surgical treatment. The Cerevention MindsEye Expandable Port provides a new level of access and visualisation during surgical treatment of stroke, cancer, and other conditions - and has been brought to the market after proven, successful use. [...]
Digital health service provider Babylon Health and the NHS have ended their decade-long partnership as a result of “challenging” global and economic conditions, it has been announced. Relationships have come to an end between Babylon Health and two NHS Trusts, one of which had only entered the deal in 2020. Babylon saw total revenue reach£219.4m [...]
Danielle Jefferies, analyst for The King’s Fund, offers her comment piece in response to Health Tech World's recent headline: NHS admits frightening backlog - can tech really fix this? - here's what she had to say... There’s no getting away from the significant challenges the NHS is facing at the moment. So, it’s no surprise [...]
Rishi Sunak’s recent proposal to fine patients £10 for each missed NHS appointment has been met with fire from health bosses and professionals, who say we need AI technology, not “punishment”, to escape the crisis. Sunak proposed the fines as part of changes he would make if he were to become Prime Minister, and says [...]
