Digital health
Urgent care centres have become a cornerstone of healthcare delivery, offering convenient, cost-effective care for patients with immediate, non-life-threatening needs. Thomas Camp, President of Exdion Health As the demand for these services continues to grow - driven by rising patient expectations, a shortage of primary care providers, and the increasing complexity of healthcare - urgent [...]
Gamified citizen science, teamed with the potential of AI, could help power significant advances in cancer research, a scientist has suggested. UC Merced cognitive science professor Jeff Yoshimi came up with the idea when his wife learned she had breast cancer. Toshimi wondered if the battle against cancer could be scaled up with a suite [...]
Data, decentralisation, and demonstrating the ROI of AI were among the key themes at an event at which former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock joined health tech leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities facing the UK health tech sector. Hosted by Google Cloud and sponsored by DataArt, the gathering saw Hancock join Nigel Brokenshire [...]
Morrisons is launching the ‘Morrisons Clinic,’ an online private prescription service that gives customers access to medication for a range of different health and lifestyle requirements. Launched in partnership with Phlo, the service enables customers to access private medication quickly, discreetly, and safely and have it delivered straight to their door without a GP’s appointment. Customers simply [...]
The UK has set out plans for investment and reforms that will harness care technology and a new digital platform for information sharing to improve adult social care. The reforms are aimed at supporting adult social care, helping older people to live at home for longer, and will create new national standards to ensure providers [...]
AI-powered workforce optimisation, data integration and accessibility in healthcare systems and digital therapeutics for mental health will be among key health tech trends of 2025, experts predict. This year, health tech has seen a number of developing trends in the digital health market, including digital diagnostics, therapeutics and care, alongside consumer apps, wearable sensors, remote [...]
A new study offers hope for people who are blind or have low vision (pBLV) through an innovative navigation system that was tested using virtual reality (VR). The system, which combines vibrational and sound feedback, aims to help users navigate complex real-world environments more safely and effectively. The research advances work toward developing a first-of-its-kind [...]
A US$19m investment is set to help healthcare practices digitally transform by removing the need for paper billing. In the US, 27 per cent of insurance payments to medical organisations are on paper checks, and 79 per cent of insurance payments to dental practices are on paper checks. This creates an overwhelming amount of manual [...]
A research framework has been created for what is claimed to be the world’s first ‘Virtual Hospital’, serving patients with diverse conditions at every stage of their healthcare needs. The framework has been created by networking and security company Cisco with the University of Galway and CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices in Ireland. [...]
A new study is looking at how an app and remote consultations could help the NHS support people living with obesity. Researchers will compare the effectiveness of the digital pathway utilising app ‘Gro Health W8Buddy’ and traditionally delivered NHS specialist weight management services, aiming to improve patient access to care and reduce health inequality. With [...]
