Digital health
A total of 12 mental health trusts have reported that they still can’t access patient records, months after the latest cyber attack on the NHS. Is it looking like some records won’t be recovered? There are 12 mental health trusts which are still unable to access important patient data as a result of the huge [...]
Last Thursday, Imperial College Healthcare and North West London ICS received two HSJ awards for their transformative work for heart failure patients. This was well deserved recognition for building the foundation in collaboration with their partners, which led to stunning results and improvement at scale at North West London ICS. What’s their secret? It all [...]
Phil Howe, Chief Technology Officer at Core to Cloud and Richard Staynings, Chief Security Strategist at Cylera share their insights with Health Tech World about rising cyber threats to healthcare... With the UK Government now on ‘high alert’ - preparing for a wave of potentially devastating Russian-led cyber-attacks towards our critical infrastructure - what preventative [...]
In response to the ‘Workforce: recruitment, training, and retention report’ - Robert Miller - CEO, of Wellbeing Software explains why we have a "collective responsibility" to empower health systems to deliver more efficient, precise and proactive care for everyone... The workforce crisis is the greatest challenge facing the UK’s Health and Social Care sector today, [...]
Over 3000 GP surgeries and nine Urgent & Emergency Care centres will see a “range of kiosk solutions” to help streamline digital triage and check-in - thus easing pressures around the UK. A digital company has developed a range of kiosk solutions to help eConsult provide a ‘digital front door to healthcare’ in 3200 GP [...]
Leading embryologist and VP of clinical strategy at TMRW Life Sciences Cynthia Hudson talks to Health Tech World about the future of fertility in a world of advancing health tech... Each year, more and more families are created thanks to advances in reproductive health technologies like in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and cryopreservation. It has been [...]
Rising healthcare costs, an ageing population and an increasing prevalence of chronic diseases are driving the uptake of remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies, a report has found. Constructed by IDTechEx, the recent report, forecasts the market for medical devices supporting RPM to reach US$45 billion by 2033 - one of the many findings being around [...]
An artificial intelligence led platform has revealed major supply chain challenges around the UK - unveiling regional hotspots of patients waiting the longest. Patients in the North East, South West and Yorkshire will wait the longest for their flu vaccines - according to data crunched by AI supply management platform 7bridges. Figures reveal that, with [...]
The US health company Limber has announced the closing of a US$11m funding round to develop its digital musculoskeletal care platform. Limber partners with provider groups to offer a hybrid in-person and digital approach to musculoskeletal (MSK) care through digital home exercise therapy, remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM), data analytics, and care navigation platform. The funding [...]
As services fail to cope with a sharp rise in demand for mental health care, artificial intelligence, robotics and even smartphone apps have become a realistic concept. But could this shift away from human care be doing more harm than good? The rising demand for mental health care, and huge increase in demand for therapy, [...]
