Digital health
Three-dimensional models could lead to deeper understanding of bone fracture nonunions and improvements in clinical treatment. The effectiveness of the virtual technology was tested by Lehigh University researchers in collaboration with the University of Zurich and the results published in Scientific Reports. They performed a large-scale optimisation analysis on 2,363 variations of 3D finite element models taken from [...]
Digital health companies raised a total of $57.2 billion in funding in 2021, an increase of 79 per cent from 2020, according to a new report. Mental health and wellness; medical imaging and AI-based diagnostic software; and clinical trials technology proved the most attractive digital health investments. Hampleton Partners’ latest Healthtech M&A Market Report is [...]
Alex Therapeutics has secured €3.5M in an oversubscribed funding round, the Swedish company announced today. This capital will be used to accelerate Alex's growth in Europe and the US. The round was led by European life science venture fund Hadean Ventures and joined by Scale Capital and Bonit Capital. John Drakenberg Renander, co-founder and CEO [...]
A new streaming service aimed at reducing symptoms and enhancing quality of life for people with Alzheimer's and dementia has launched today. Memory Lane TV is a built on over 50 years of published medical research on sensory stimulation and memory activation in people living with Alzheimer's and other dementia. The service uses personalised content [...]
By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks
Community hospitals across Worcestershire are to streamline patient journeys, ensure timely care and discharge, and more easily and efficiently manage beds across multiple sites. This follows a new agreement between Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and smart health technology provider Alcidion. The healthcare organisation is the first NHS community trust in the [...]
Fife HSCP selected Morse to support multi-disciplinary community and mental health teams The Kingdom of Fife is a peninsula in eastern Scotland with a coastline of 170 kilometers (105 miles) bound by the Firth of Forth to the south and the Firth of Tay to the north, Fife HSCP provides care to a population of around 370,000 people. [...]
An update from a European health tech firm has underlined the sheer scale of growth and opportunities for those firms able to successfully deliver combined clinical expertise and digital convenience. HealthHero was formed in Autumn 2019 when Marcol, a pan-European investment house with healthcare interests, joined forces with Ranjan Singh, an entrepreneur with over 20 years [...]
Whatever a laboratory researches or produces, safety is a crucial consideration. Without adequate safety measures, even the most innocuous activities can end up putting staff at risk, with the dangers only increasing as more dangerous materials, substances and pieces of equipment are used. Whether you work in a lab, manage one or hope to do [...]
Digital health consultancy, Cloud21, has received investment from global health technology consultancy, Tegria, to support health and social care organisations meet their local and national digital transformation ambitions. The investment will see the companies combine Cloud21’s deep and longstanding experience of working with the NHS, with Tegria’s extensive international, end-to-end digital strategy and support services across health [...]
