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Orion Health is supporting the Professional Record Standards Body’s partnership scheme by applying to become a ‘quality partner’. The company, which is one of the UK’s leading providers of shared care records and population health management systems, will work with the PRSB to develop the ‘core information standard’ and its assessment process. The ‘core information [...]
Provider of AI solutions to the NHS, RwHealth, has appointed capital raising firm finnCap to facilitate a public listing and accelerate the firm’s ambitious expansion plans. The move follows significant sales success as the business grew by 160 per cent year-on-year, after its technology was increasingly embraced by NHS Trusts to combat long waiting lists [...]
Teleradiology innovator Hexarad is aiming to address the shortage of radiology technicians and radiologists with its specialist remote reporting services, backed by £2.3million in funding. The demand for radiology services has dramatically increased in recent years, but workforce shortages and the Covid-19 backlog are leading to diagnostic delays for patients. In addition to the shortages [...]
Technological advances, the need to level-up access to services, and a new willingness to do things out of hospital might now see the NHS rapidly and permanently un-constrain the geography of its diagnostic services. Technological advances, the need to level-up access to services, and a new willingness to do things out of hospital might now see [...]
Health tech innovators are among those being backed by a new £113m UK government funding scheme aimed at finding the next generation of science leaders. The funding is part of the government’s aim of increasing public R&D spending by £22bn by 2024/25. Anti-epilepsy tech and new types of therapy to treat chronic conditions such as [...]
Collaboration aims to fight C19 and prevent future pandemics.
Business and technology journalist Graham Jarvis reports on how cryptocurrencies and blockchain can improve access to healthcare. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are used in a wide array of new applications – including in healthcare. Fintech start-ups are the catalyst for many of these recent market innovations – and they aren’t just focused on the banking [...]
By Hamid Yunis and Tom Whelan, both partners at international law firm McDermott Will & Emery.
Mackwell Group, a leading UK manufacturer, innovator and global leader in the field of safety-critical solutions, has restructured its leadership team as the organisation diversifies its business divisions. Having recently introduced Mackwell Health, Mackwell Group has appointed two new Directors and a Business Development Manager to help guide the organisation through this transition successfully. During [...]
Pioneering diagnostics firm Serosep has signed a five-year, £1m contract with Liverpool University Hospital. Ireland-based Serosep will supply the hospital with its molecular diagnostic solution, EntericBio, used to diagnose gastroenteritis. Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomed the deal during his trade mission to the UK organised by Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government’s trade, and innovation [...]
