Insight

  • Enter player one: Can gaming help to detect how we really feel?

    Could gaming really detect depression, anxiety or Alzheimer's Disease? We meet Emilia Molimpakis from Thymia who are working with clinicians on games to diagnose your mental health.

  • Giving MS patients a digital sense of community

    Through the creation of BelongMS, people living with Multiple Sclerosis around the world are being supported through the creation of a digital community. Its co-founder and CEO, Eliran Malki, shares the reasons for its foundation and the impact it is delivering   People who live with a chronic medical condition are often faced with a [...]

  • HIMSS21 is a “HIT” as the community comes together

    Masked and vaccinated attendees are eager to share and learn, says Health Tech World HIMSS21 onsite correspondent Gil Bashe   Attendance for HIMSS21 has been strong despite pandemic angst: the sessions are filled, the exhibit floor and side events busy and welcoming. Though COVID-19 has made people more cautious, it has not kept attendees away from [...]

  • Remote patient monitoring is not the future – it’s the now

    The COVID-19 pandemic combined with rapidly advancing technology, increasing pressures on health services and an ageing population, have all catalysed a rapid rise in the use of remote health monitoring. Dr Sadia Khan, consultant cardiologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - one of the top performing Trusts in the country and a leading [...]

  • Playing COVID catch up: how new technology could end the cancer backlog

    New health technology, Nanovery have created a nanorobot that could help to cut the COVID cancer backlog and help doctors diagnose faster

  • 5 on Friday: Elderly care apps you should know about

    Here are some of the best apps for caring for elderly loved ones from dementia care to menopause management and preventing dangerous falls.

  • ‘Health tech adoption is tough. It should be tough, but we aim to make it a little easier’

    Lorna Green, director of enterprise and growth at Innovation Agency - part of the AHSN Network, an integral part of the NHS’ efforts to drive innovation into the UK’s healthcare systems - tells Health Tech World about its role across England and how health innovation is increasingly becoming integral to resolving the long-term challenges faced by [...]

  • New digital platform aims to use AI to change the face of chronic care.

    A University of Southampton student has launched a new AI-driven health analytics platform. The platform aims to make it faster, simpler and safer for patients who need chronic care. The platform, CareIQ will save time and money for clinicians while improving patients' daily lives while making them feel more in control. It will help them [...]

  • Problems and promise amid health tech’s complex investment environment

    Investors, enticed by low interest rates and unsustainable health care costs, are pouring unprecedented sums into disruptive primary care models. Many are betting that capitated and at-risk reimbursement models will bring primary care to the center stage; however, significant questions about the sustainability of such businesses remain says Matt Wolf, Davis Nordell and Kurt Shenk [...]

  • Rani Therapeutics offers breakthrough capsule for patients with chronic conditions

    Rani Therapeutics offers a breakthrough capsule, the RaniPill which could change the way patients with chronic conditions take medication by eliminating the need for painful injections.