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In the third part of his Reluctant Entrepreneur series for Health Tech World, Dr DJ Hamblin-Brown shares his number one rule for doing business as an entrepreneur. It may seem incredible to the modern mind that for much of human history blood was considered a humour; a static receptacle of various qualities. The conception of [...]
As part of the Greener NHS programme, NHS Digital has set out its sustainability pledges to help drive the organisation down to net zero. Following two weeks of sustained focus on environmental concerns at COP26, NHS Digital has pledged to reach carbon net zero to help reduce the environmental impact of digital services, supporting the [...]
Taha Kass-Hout, director of Machine Learning (ML) at Amazon Web Services, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic has been a defining moment for ML. Moments of crisis spark innovation and resourcefulness, as demonstrated by the way organisations have united to pioneer for the nation’s wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Liquor distilleries produced hand sanitiser, 3D printing [...]
Radiology start-up Hexarad has become the first UK teleradiology company to offer a share scheme to its radiologists. Radiologists reporting scans for Hexarad are invited to join an exclusive share scheme. There will be no buy-in required or any additional costs associated with owning the shares. The share scheme has been set up in response [...]
Research led by staff at Teesside University, based in North East England, could lead to new approaches in treating aggressive childhood cancers more effectively Academics based at the University’s National Horizons Centre have been studying the genetics of aggressive lymphoma and have discovered a link between a specific gene and the survival rate of children with the disease. In a [...]
NHSX, NHS AI Lab and the Health Foundation have awarded £1.4m to four projects to address racial and ethnic health inequalities using artificial intelligence (AI). The winning projects range from using AI to investigate disparities in maternal health outcomes to developing standards and guidance to ensure that datasets for training and testing AI systems are [...]
Not-for-profit disability services provider goes digital to engage staff in the quality agenda
Independent family-run business Warwick SASCo Ltd, which specialises in the supply of sterilisable polyware for hospitals, is joining the ABHI UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2021 to showcase their pioneering range of long-life medical plastics. Established in 1981, the company has a reputation for high quality products designed for hospital decontamination and sterile services, operating and surgical applications, patient [...]
A novel non-fusion surgical technique that aims to create a straight spine in children diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has been demonstrated on the ABHI Surgical Simulation Theatre at Future Surgery Show 2021. Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a promising new procedure currently being trialled in the UK for the first time. A simulation of the technically [...]
New AHSN analysis of how NHS primary care prescribers use medicines optimisation solution FDB OptimiseRx, shows substantial clinical benefits and financial impact around reducing antipsychotic medicines for at risk patients. A return of £1.20 for every £1 invested was calculated from the impact of just three of more than 4,800 prescribing messages Reductions in stroke [...]
