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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has achieved significant time savings across its wards by introducing automated vital signs integration into its Sunrise™ Electronic Patient Record (EPR), provided by Altera Digital Health. The trust now estimates a saving of 2.5 minutes per observation, equating to approximately 50 per cent time saving for clinicians to [...]
Built on 1.3 billion structured data points shared by over 3 million people living with 1,250 chronic conditions, OpenStuff transforms lived patient health experiences into real-time, actionable insights. More than half of U.S. adults report turning to social media for health information, yet over one-third encounter high levels of misinformation. Large language models now risk [...]
AI-backed home care firm Cera has exceeded US$100m in revenues from non-home care services – now attributing one-fifth of its overall c. $500m business to additional service lines ranging from specialist care to technology and data partnerships. Since launching in 2016, Cera has disrupted the home care market – developing transformational AI tools including a falls [...]
UK digital health innovator Aide Health has launched Mirror, the UK’s first AI-powered scribe for patients, tackling the widespread problem of medical advice being forgotten or misunderstood after appointments. Research shows up to 80 per cent of medical details are forgotten immediately, and of the small amount remembered, nearly half is recalled inaccurately. This problem [...]
Global health technology company Magentus is strengthening its presence in UK healthcare by opening new offices in London and Manchester. Magentus has opened new offices in Farringdon London and at The Chancery in Manchester’s corporate centre, marking a significant milestone in Magentus’s strategic expansion across the UK. These hubs are designed to foster collaboration across [...]
UK researchers have mapped how anxiety develops in the brain during no-win situations, paving the way for improved diagnosis and treatment. The University of Plymouth research identified specific brain patterns that appear during “avoid-avoid conflict” – when a person must choose between two unpleasant options. Using EEG (electroencephalography), a test that tracks electrical activity in [...]
A mobile app can improve the symptoms of one of the common mental health problems in students - even with limited engagement - according to University of Manchester researchers. The app, called Cerina, uses the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy to treat Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) - which affects a significant number of students, studies [...]
X-on Health, one of the UK’s leading providers of digital front door solutions for primary care, has announced a new partnership with Drinkaware, the UK’s leading alcohol charity. The collaboration will see signposting to Drinkaware’s evidence-based resources integrated directly into X-on Health’s AI Surgery Assist chatbot, used by GP surgeries across the whole of the [...]
The World Health Organization has launched version 2.0 of its Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) system, incorporating artificial intelligence to enhance early detection of public health threats. The upgraded EIOS system, used by more than 110 member states and around 30 organisations and networks globally, analyses large volumes of publicly available data in near [...]
Health Tech world explores the latest research developments in the world of health technology. New antibiotic targets IBD, and AI predicted how it would work Researchers have made two scientific breakthroughs at once: they have discovered a brand-new antibiotic that targets inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and have successfully used a new type of AI to [...]
