Digital health
A team of US researchers has developed a micro-navigation smartphone app to provide assistance to those who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) in finding their bus stops. A new study published in the journal Translational Vision Science and Technology (TVST) found the success rate of the app was substantially higher than that of Google Maps. [...]
Up to three quarters of Londoners have used online consultation forms, the NHS App and GP surgery websites to access primary care services, according to a new report from the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London and NHS England (London) Digital First. More than 3,000 patients from across London completed an online survey or participated [...]
UK law changes pose a threat to the security of messaging apps – and therefore their use in the NHS, doctors fear. Clinicians have warned that patient care will suffer if they can no longer use apps such as WhatsApp and Signal to share information. In March 2020, in the face of the pandemic, clinicians [...]
Digital health already is helping to transform outcomes around the world. But how can clinicians, innovators and developers build on this success in 2024 and beyond? Four experts address the opportunities and challenges ahead in this exclusive Health Tech World webinar, available now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlDKFjkO87A Many thanks to our panellists Dr Martin Carlsson of [...]
When the State Hospital sought to modernise its medication prescription and administration processes, they turned to ReStart for assistance. Together, they successfully integrated the Trust Integration Engine (TIE) with the Hospital Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Administration (HEPMA) system. In the Central belt of Scotland, The State Hospital embarked on a journey to modernise its psychiatric [...]
The debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app, new international research has revealed. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French and Belgian universities reported the findings in Frontiers in Audiology and Otology. The research offers some hope for millions [...]
By Dave Marks, Development and Integration Manager, NNUH
Nordic Consulting has appointed senior health tech executive, Claire Staple as Vice President of Strategy and Country Manager. The newly-created role will strengthen Nordic’s existing footprint in Ireland, as Staple oversees the management of all existing client services and business operations. Staple has almost a decade of experience in providing strategic support for the delivery [...]
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed wearable monitoring device system that can send health data up to 15 miles without any significant infrastructure. The researchers hope that the device will help make digital health access more equitable. The study was led by Philipp Gutruf, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Craig M. [...]
Millions of people in the UK are suffering from digital health inequality because of poverty, experts have warned A new study says that urgent work is needed to ensure those from deprived areas can access healthcare as the NHS increasingly turns to the use of apps and online health portals for the provision of healthcare. [...]
