Insight
MONCYTE Health diagnostics, a Finnish firm developing new technology to optimise treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, has closed a €1m seed round. Its technology is designed to help clinicians select more effective personalised treatments for patients with high cholesterol. Cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of death worldwide, with high cholesterol being one of most [...]
Dr Vin Diwaker, the national director of transformation, NHS England, told the exhibitors and visitors to this year’s HETT show that they can lead the fourth industrial revolution in the NHS. The busy conference and packed show floor proved it. The Lunar Society of Birmingham has been described as “a British dinner club and informal [...]
Recent advances in computing and artificial intelligence, along with insights into infant learning, suggest that machine and deep learning techniques can help us study how infants transition from random exploratory movements to purposeful actions. Most research has focused on babies’ spontaneous movements, distinguishing between fidgety and non-fidgety behaviors. While early movements may seem chaotic, they [...]
Using AI to allow young people to talk to their imagined future self may be a useful tool in addressing anxiety and encouraging better mental wellbeing. That is according to the findings of a novel project at MIT, in the US, which enables users to have an online, text-based conversation with an AI-generated simulation of [...]
Health Tech World reports from Iceland's thriving health innovation scene.
By Ian Schwartz, McDermott Will & Emery
Encouraging data points to significant healthcare cost reductions and improved patient outcomes, writes Lasse Rousi, CEO of Medixine. In the past year, we’ve witnessed an interesting shift in healthcare professionals’ perceptions of remote patient monitoring (RPM). From once being considered a yet-to-be-proven, experimental concept, the technology is now becoming recognised as a ready-to-implement solution to [...]
By Dr Alex Frank, Associate, Reddie & Grose
Two allied innovation sectors have to learn and apply from the planet’s ills
Richard Baylor, COO at St. Vincent’s Consulting and former Cerner (now Oracle) executive, and Paul Charnley, Luminary advisor and former NHS CIO of the Year share their insights on building strong EPR vendor-trust relationships. Beginning with the crucial topics of early engagement, strategic alignment, and moving beyond contractual agreements to develop lasting partnerships. Early engagement, [...]
