Interviews
Fresh from teaching the world to ditch alcohol one year at a time, Ruari Fairbairns is helping to develop technology that will enable members to connect over the common goal of changing behaviour, as Health Tech World reports. One Year No Beer was born when Ruari Fairbairns finally plucked up the courage to give up [...]
Meet the pioneering firm using bioelectronics to change the way pain is managed. London-based NuroKor is developing a range of products that use the very latest in electrical nerve stimulation tech to help manage pain and support with recovery, all without need for medication. NuroKor says its technology could be an effective alternative to painkillers, [...]
How new sensing technology is utilising machine learning to detect falls with greater accuracy and reliability. In less than 50 years, the number of over 65s in the UK is expected to grow by 8.6 million – equivalent to the London’s population. This means by 2066, 20.4 million people will be in this bracket, [...]
Health Tech World speaks to Australian-British entrepreneur Dr Vivian Chan about her entrepreneurial journey and her pioneering start-up. Chan is the founder of Sparrho; a platform that aims to ‘democratise science’ by making scientific knowledge more accessible. When it comes to science and healthcare, much of the information available is not written and presented in [...]
Health Tech World spoke to Dr Mark Lomax about his growing start-up, PEP, a social listening tool that can accurately predict the CQC rating of medical institutions. Patient Experience Platform (PEP) is the first social listening tool that listens to patients. The platform scrapes data from multiple different sources across the internet, including social media [...]
Winners of the deep tech category of Microsoft’s 2020 Female Founders Competition seeks to disrupt the current landscape of clinical trials and screening. The oxford-based company, iLoF, is using AI and photonics to build a cloud-based library of disease biomarkers, which it says has the potential to democratise the development of personalised therapies for the [...]
Figures from telemedicine group Doctorlink provide further evidence of the exponential rise of digital health services in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on digital health over the last six months, with NHS and private GP surgeries rapidly moving its consultations to online and telehealth services. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, The [...]
UK’s healthtech sector has rallied its world-class talent and skills to help in the fight against coronavirus, as startups work side by side with big tech companies to provide new services and technology. From tracking cases to supporting front-line staff; loaning vital equipment and resources; providing online patient care; and gathering and analysing data; tech [...]
UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft have co-launched a new platform to support return-to-workplace planning and COVID-19 symptom screening. ProtectWell helps employees determine they are safe to go to work, co-workers know their colleagues have been screened, and employers feel confident that their workplace is ready to do business. It incorporates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
Google and Apple have joined forces to enable Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19. As the crisis escalated around the world, public health officials identified contact tracing as a valuable tool to help contain its spread. They, alongside universities and NGOs, have been striving to develop opt-in contact [...]
