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The home care software market is undervalued, experts working in the sector have claimed. The global home care software market is expected to nearly triple in value from 2019 to 2026, growing at an annual growth rate of nearly 14 per cent, and funding for elder home care startups has nearly doubled in the last two years, [...]
Is tech inventing for the inventors? Gil Bashe, Health Tech World special correspondent, examines the issue of the digital divide To be digitally left behind is the new loneliness. Most of us use mobile communications technology for banking, shopping and social contact. But more and more, seniors struggle. If it is a bit of a [...]
As femtech is set to be worth US$60.01bn by 2027, we count down the top 5 female-focused apps you need to know about
Andrew Hill at Capgemini looks at why new technologies and greater data transparency benefits both patients and life sciences companies Significantly pushed by the pandemic, our healthcare systems have seen an uptake of digital technologies at a rate much faster than anyone would have anticipated 18 months ago. As we face a new world [...]
The NHS’ IT agency, NHSX, has issued a draft data strategy for health and social care. Matthew Chase, chief technology officer Healthcare UK at Fujitsu, has read it and thinks there are three key issues that a second draft needs to address The draft NHS data strategy is a huge document, running to 65 [...]
We meet Ultrasight who plan to go to infinity and beyond to discuss space medicine, travel and cardiac imagining
The NHSX Data Saves Lives strategy is one that the imaging sector should pay close attention to, writes Sectra’s Chris Scarisbrick There has been a lot of reaction to June’s NHSX led ‘Data Saves Lives’ strategy from suppliers in the electronic patient record space. The draft document should be commended for its focus on [...]
As Brawn goes from strength to strength, we meet CEO Sohail Rashid to talk funding and the future of fitness tech company The past year has changed many things including the way we exercise. For those who rely on the social interaction side of sports, it’s been difficult to factor isolation into training. Sports and training [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has “catapulted” the adoption of technology in healthcare five to ten years ahead of where it would otherwise have been now, one of the sector’s most prominent investors has said. In forcing the sector, and particularly the pharma industry, to act and adapt quickly, the opportunities for change necessitated by the pandemic [...]
Joe Fernandes, founder and CEO of BuzzStreets, assesses the current vision in healthtech and what that means for future innovation The future has a way of creeping up on us. Someone who grew up watching Star Trek (the original series) can now stream the adventures of Kirk and Spock on their phone. But the journey from [...]
