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Medical device development company Medovate has announced the launch of a new Innovation Voucher Competition, in partnership with Medipex, to support the development of promising new medical device innovations arising from within the NHS. The Innovation Voucher Competition is open to innovative ideas in the field of medical technology which have real potential for further [...]
Dr Owain Rhys Hughes, NHS surgeon, CEO and founder of clinical communications platform Cinapsis, explains why greater collaboration is needed to support clinicians in tackling the post-pandemic mental health crisis. Britain is slowly starting to recover from the worst impacts of the pandemic, yet the road ahead looks no less uncertain. While one public health crisis [...]
Digital healthcare provider Kry Livi will roll out its Internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ICBT) programme across Europe next year following a successful study in Sweden. The service will treat mental health conditions including depression, anxiety and stress, via an app. It is designed to fit high-quality and effective mental health treatment around patients’ lives. With [...]
Scientists may have advanced the fight against antibiotic resistance by using supercomputing to keep pace with a disease's ability to evolve. A new study by an international team, co-led by Dr Gerhard Koenig from the University of Portsmouth, England, is tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance by redesigning existing antibiotics to overcome bacterial resistance mechanisms. [...]
A new information standard has been developed to support improved medication and allergy/intolerance information sharing across healthcare services in England. The standard, created by NHSX and NHS Digital, aims to standardise medication message content. This will enable the transfer of prescription information across health and care settings in England to help reduce medicines related errors [...]
Health Tech World meets Jasmine Tagesson, the co-founder of Hormona to discuss hormones, general well being and how, when it comes to health, knowledge is power.
Lucille Valentine and Rose Bunker, from Artificial Intelligence (AI) software developer Gliff.ai, discuss the importance of developing trustworthy healthcare AIs. It is clear that AI will revolutionize healthcare. Effective AI applications are capable of saving medical practitioners and healthcare institutions time and large sums of money and - even more importantly - improving outcomes for [...]
A new virtual MedTech summit will welcome SMEs, innovators, academics and clinicians from across the UK. The North-South MedTech Summit, led by the NIHR Surgical MedTech Co-operative and Bournemouth University in partnership with the OVHcloud Startup Program, is powered by Empact Ventures. The free-of-charge virtual event will take place on November 26 and aims to [...]
An eating disorder charity is urging the government to consider the impact its new health app will have on people with eating disorders. A pilot scheme that will require users to don wrist-worn devices that can generate personalised health recommendations, such as increasing their step count, eating more fruit and vegetables and decreasing portions, will [...]
People who suspect they may have experienced a side effect from medical devices, medicines or vaccines are being encouraged to report it to the government's Yellow Card scheme. The scheme, which is run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), aims to quickly detect whether the safety of medicine or medical devices may [...]
