Mental health
The mental workload of intensive care unit nurses can successfully be evaluated using eye-movement tracking glasses, according to a US study. Research was recently published in Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. It was led by Nima Ahmadi, a lecturer in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer [...]
To save you from trawling the web looking for health tech news, we have compiled bitesized versions of some of the top stories published on other sites this week. Scottish health tech company secures £1.7m for research Glasgow-based medical device specialist Nebuflow has secured an oversubscribed £1.7 million investment round, according to Digit News on May 10. [...]
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, Health Tech World has put together a list of ten of the most popular mental health apps for smartphones or tablets. All of the following apps have at least a four star rating on the App Store from more than 1,000 reviews. If you or someone you know is [...]
People develop an emotional bond with a chatbot in much the same way as they do with a human therapist, according to new research. Researchers evaluated 1,205 users of the Wysa app who were experiencing measured symptoms of depression or anxiety. Wysa is a mobile chatbot that uses emotionally intelligent, conversational AI to promote wellbeing [...]
The Stoneygate Trust and University of Leicester have combined to create a pioneering new training centre focused on instilling the value of empathy in healthcare. The £10m Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare will deliver empathy-focused training for undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare students and professionals in Leicester. Leicester Medical School is the only UK [...]
By Sarah Carter, Head of Account Management at Onebright.
The discovery may place a part in the development of novel and effective treatments for neurological disorders, such as epilepsy and stroke.
The invention aims to encourage children to practise mindful to improve their mental health
Mindler, the digital mental health platform, has acquired Medified Solutions Oy, a tech startup based in Tampere, Finland. Medified was founded by medical students in 2019 and has developed and clinically implemented a digital mental health treatment monitoring software. Its data sources provide mental health care with the data needed for the measurement of clinically [...]
“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 [...]
