Digital health
Imprivata, the digital identity company for healthcare and beyond, has been top ranked in the new 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services Report by KLAS Research for its identity and access management suite. The costs, risks, and inefficiencies of manual provisioning – and other traditional identity access management (IAM) processes – have been sharply amplified in [...]
Numan, the digital platform for men’s health in Europe, has raised US$20m in growth debt to fuel its expansion and meet the growing demand for digital health services. Numan provides men with treatments for erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, hair loss, and nutritional deficiencies on its proprietary, integrated-care platform. The company’s aim is to provide men [...]
In today’s tech-driven, connected world, patients are turning to digital sources first for health information. Every day, tens of thousands of patients log on to online health communities to discuss their condition and share ideas. But people aren’t just searching for information; increasingly, they’re generating and sharing health data and knowledge online. And providers, health systems and [...]
Health tech firm League has raised US$95m to help scale up its Health OS 'platform-as-a-service' (Paas) product. League, which to date has now raised US$205m, aims to build Health OS into the "leading digital infrastructure for an integrated health ecosystem". The product enables customers, including health insurance group Humana and e-commerce firm Shopify, to build personalised digital [...]
Vital-T is a digital service for medical treatment and wellness care for men over the age of 40 who are overweight and have symptoms that indicate testosterone deficiency. The company recently started treating its first patients, who receive help from a team of doctors, psychologists, dieticians and personal trainers to strengthen health on every level, a [...]
Just how effective is digital mental health support and intervention? Dr Kate Bunyan, chief clinical innovation officer at Doctor Care Anywhere, shares her expertise to answer the key questions
“If we can find it in ourselves to break the stigma and talk to someone, then we have hope.” The whole premise of speaking out and sharing experiences underpins the approach of software developer Frog Systems which has created a new kind of welltech platform that combines video and signposting to build communities of support for those [...]
According to the World Health Organisation, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally. An estimated 17.9 million people died from CVD in 2019, which accounted for 32 per cent of all global deaths. Of these, 85 per cent were from either heart attack and stroke. But what if there were an easy way to [...]
A UK-wide digital medical imaging sharing system, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, has expanded to cover 500 institutions – enabling the secure sharing of essential medical imaging across the NHS and with other healthcare providers. NHS trusts say the system has proven vital during the COVID-19 pandemic as many patients have [...]
How to protect sensitive health data and systems against attackers, by Lasse Rousi is the CEO of telehealth firm Medixine.
