Digital health
A new study reveals text message reminders for patients who delay refilling their medications didn’t help improve how regularly they refilled medications over a year. The study enrolled over 9,000 patients in a randomised pragmatic clinical trial and included representation from a diverse population across subgroups, including females, Hispanic ethnicity and Spanish-speaking patients, all groups [...]
New research reveals a dramatic improvement in diagnosing and curing people living with hepatitis C in rural communities using both telemedicine and support from peers with lived experience in drug use. The study enlisted people with lived experience in substance use to meet individuals who use drugs, test them for hepatitis C, and then offer [...]
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the ministerial department responsible for the UK’s national health policy, has been targeted by almost five million email attacks over the past two years, according to new research. The data was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, [...]
New findings indicate that it is possible to detect when patients with bipolar disorder are experiencing depression or mania with high accuracy using data from fitness tracking devices. Bipolar disorder is a chronic psychiatric disorder characterised by extreme mood swings, including depression, mania, and hypomania followed by periods of remission. Identification and treatment of new [...]
For people seeing a neurologist, their age, race, ethnicity and neighbourhood may play a role in whether they do so in person or virtually, via telemedicine, according to a new study. According to the researchers, the results do not prove these factors increase or decrease a person’s likelihood to choose telemedicine, they only show an [...]
Seven projects have received a share of a £22 million investment to help support economic growth and address regional needs in the UK, including a number of digital healthcare projects. The projects aim to benefit regional and local economies and communities by creating new jobs, skills development, private investment and boosting the growth of start [...]
A new study found that brief cognitive behavioural therapy for suicide prevention – when delivered remotely via video telehealth – reduces suicide attempts and suicidal ideation. Suicide remains a pressing public health concern. An estimated 703,000 people die by suicide each year worldwide, according to The World Health Organization. In 2022, there were 49,449 suicides [...]
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has integrated the Electronic Referral Service (eRS) with its Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, speeding up its referral processes and enhancing patient care. The automation has also resulted in a 50 per cent reduction in the effort required to process referrals, delivering significant time savings for the trust. With growing [...]
Game-changing digital health apps are set to be recognised at the Health Tech World Awards. The event, now in its third year, celebrates the very best of the Health Tech World, from digital health to AI, leadership to drug development. The Best Digital Health App award is sponsored by SPARK TSL. SPARK TSL works with [...]
A UK digital health innovation that’s still awaiting NHS England funding, more than two years after NICE recommended its national adoption, will soon be made available to patients in the US after it secured FDA clearance. Sleepio is an evidence-based digital therapeutic that delivers cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi), the recommended first-line treatment for [...]
