Digital health
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 [...]
North London NHS Foundation Trust has signed a new partnership with leading digital health company Psyomics to revolutionise how people across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington access mental health care. The collaboration will see Psyomics’ digital technology rolled out across community services, enabling access to the right support more easily for over 1.6 million residents. [...]
An east midlands NHS trust is carrying out the first UK evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of using AI software across different patient groups. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) is working with specialist AI evaluation company Aival to evaluate the performance of a system which currently supports clinicians when viewing chest X-rays. [...]
Amsterdam-based online clinic Fellos has secured €2m in growth capital to expand its digital platform for men’s health services. The platform focuses on three areas where men often delay seeking help: sexual health conditions such as erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, skin conditions including acne, and hair loss. With the new funding, Fellos plans to [...]
The UK's medicines regulator has announced plans to deepen collaboration with the US FDA to accelerate innovation, strengthen patient safety and reduce barriers to market access. Speaking at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) conference in San Diego, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) chief executive Lawrence Tallon outlined plans to align medical technology [...]
By Louise Wall, founder and managing director, e18 Innovation The 10-Year Plan makes it clear that the NHS cannot continue operating as it has been, it must modernise and adapt. Rising demand, workforce shortages, and financial pressures mean the current model is unsustainable, and for too long, repetitive, manual processes have drained capacity from both [...]
Nicolas Breuil, Marketing and Business Development Director at global brand studio Koto, explores what longevity brands must change if they want to reach beyond early adopters and connect with the next generation of health-conscious consumers. With wearables going mainstream and “healthspan” entering dinner-table vocabulary, it’s clear that longevity is no longer the domain of Silicon [...]
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has successfully gone live with System C’s CareFlow Electronic Patient Record (EPR), a significant step forward in its landmark digital transformation programme. Delivered through the trust’s Blueprint project, the phased initiative is unify several legacy systems into a single, trust-wide platform – modernising how patient information is managed across New [...]
Barts Health NHS Trust is transforming maternity care for over 14,000 families annually by adopting BadgerNet as its digital maternity solution in a new five-year partnership. As one of England’s largest NHS trusts, Barts Health serves a diverse East London population and has maternity services at three hospitals; Whipps Cross, Newham Hospital and The Royal [...]
Embarking on healthcare technology career after leaving his home as a refugee during his teenage years, Yousif is passionate about making a difference. He reflects on an apprenticeship in which he has worked alongside technology innovators and the hospital teams that put solutions into practice for patient care. When Yousif saw an opportunity advertised to [...]
