Interviews
Lucy Symons-Jones, director of sustainability at ETL, talks to Andrew Mernin about the role of health tech firms in decarbonising public health, while bolstering their own competitiveness. While health tech firms are embroiled in their own race to net zero, many are also playing a pivotal role in the decarbonisation of public health. Small and [...]
Ahead of the 2022 Privacy-Enhancing Tech Summit, we take a look at one of the key-note speakers Alberto Cresto who is a Principal with Lunar Ventures, a European deep-tech early stage VC investing in PET. We learn about the importance of privacy and many other key things within the health sector. Please watch below: You [...]
“We want to be the Netflix of mental health” Tim Barker’s comparison to Kooth’s role in the future of mental health is an interesting one. While Netflix may have achieved levels of global domination yet to be discovered by Kooth - although their rates of growth and the esteem in which they are held in [...]
According to the World Health Organisation, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally. An estimated 17.9 million people died from CVD in 2019, which accounted for 32 per cent of all global deaths. Of these, 85 per cent were from either heart attack and stroke. But what if there were an easy way to [...]
Health Tech World meets Jasmine Tagesson, the co-founder of Hormona to discuss hormones, general well being and how, when it comes to health, knowledge is power.
In the UK, the NHS radiology workforce is chronically understaffed, with a shortfall of around 33 per cent – and the issue is getting worse. In fact, by 2025, the Royal College of Radiologists estimates that the shortfall will reach 44 per cent – with 3,600 new radiologists needed. Put simply, while demand for diagnostics [...]
But age-old questions remain unanswered - A special report by Health Tech World.
How patients are connecting to make sure their voice is heard.
Long before the global pandemic, eConsult was pioneering remote consultations with doctors. Then came C19 and suddenly 15 million patients accessing its technology became 30 million. Health Tech World spoke to CEO Dr Murray Ellender about the firm’s journey. During the pandemic, demand for remote consultation software eConsult’s services skyrocketed, with the number of GP [...]
David Stein heads up a consortium behind technology that can produce diagnostic results from small capillary consumer samples collected in retail locations. Here, amid the hype and misdirection of Theranos, he speaks to Health Tech World correspondent Gil Bashe on the why, when and how of delivering diagnostic data from drops of blood. [...]
