Health Tech World Awards

  • Virtual reality meditation reduces parental anxiety in children’s hospital

    Virtual reality meditation reduces parental anxiety in children’s hospital

    Parents of hospitalised children experienced significantly reduced anxiety after using virtual reality meditation programmes, a new study has found. The research, conducted at Stanford Medicine, showed that a short guided VR meditation lowered parental stress by around 30%, with Spanish-speaking families seeing particularly strong benefits. The team trialled the intervention at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital [...]

  • Game-changing innovations to be celebrated at Health Tech World Awards

    Game-changing innovations to be celebrated at Health Tech World Awards

    On September 1 we launched the second Health Tech World Awards where where we are set to once again celebrate the best and brightest of our industry. The awards span startups, digital health apps, professional services, leadership and beyond. To be shortlisted for Most Improved Patient Outcomes award, nominees will have to show that their [...]

  • World-leading startups to be recognised at Health Tech World Awards

    World-leading startups to be recognised at Health Tech World Awards

    The search is on for Health Tech World's Startup of the Year 2024. The Health Tech World Awards launched on September 1, with nominations already starting to come through four months before nominations close. Startup of the Year was by far the most competitive category at last year's inaugural event, with home healthcare tech company [...]