Digital health
By Sanius Health Satya Nadella might be the CEO of Microsoft, but he is also the unofficial poster child for what a Chief Data and Information Officer should be. Jacky Wright, formerly Microsoft’s CDIO in the US and now McKinsey’s Chief Technology and Platform Officer, carries similar weight. Atif Rafiq, who injected digital into both [...]
By Claire Morris, chief studio officer at Founders Factory By 2040, the number of people living with major health conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart failure and dementia is projected to rise by 39 per cent. This surge threatens the resilience of the healthcare system and risks dragging the UK economy down as rising illness [...]
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 [...]
Samsung Electronics has completed the acquisition of Xealth, the US-based digital health platform that connects clinicians, patients and digital tools, in a move aimed at accelerating its vision for AI- and data-powered connected care. The deal, originally announced in July, brings together Samsung’s global device ecosystem – including wearables and smartphones – with Xealth’s platform, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
