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A dental practice has become the first in the UK to introduce new tech which enables disabled people to plan personalised assistance in advance of their visit. The London Centre for Cosmetic Dentistry has joined forces with WelcoMe, a cloud-based patient service platform solution, enabling disabled patients to alert the practice in advance of their [...]
British health technology company Visionable has announced two new senior appointments to its team as it pushes forward with its ongoing growth. The business, which redesigns healthcare through a digital collaboration platform which enables clinicians to deliver better patient outcomes, has appointed Christèle Brouste as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Antony Martin as Chief Technology Officer [...]
Health Tech World sat in on Careology’s ‘The Changing Role of Digital in Cancer Care’ webinar recently, which featured a lot of interesting discussion around healthcare technologies now and in the future.
Tech business Tunstall Healthcare has announced the acquisition of Secuvita, a technology solution provider in the Netherlands, for an undisclosed fee. Following the rapid acceleration in the adoption of digital health and remote monitoring systems worldwide during the pandemic, the has been hailed as showing Tunstall’s commitment to its global strategy. The business - a [...]
A data technology provider has been appointed to support the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) in its mission to deliver an integrated ecosystem of medical information services to the Defence Medical Services. InterSystems, which supports customers to solve the most critical scalability, interoperability, and speed problems, has become technology partner to Programme CORTISONE, the MoD’s Defence [...]
A new prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive the disease is and could reduce the need for invasive biopsies. Health Tech world talked to one of the scientists behind the new tech to hear about its potential to reduce costs, improve efficiency and eliminate the unnecessary worry that many men with prostate cancer experience [...]
The adoption of New Science – a unique combination of the best in science and health technology that address significant unmet patient needs – is delivering more precise and effective treatments, but often at a higher price tag, according to new research from Accenture. Adoption of New Science in 2020 far exceeded expectations – and it is [...]
Independent charitable hospital King Edward VII’s has launched a new gynaecological diagnostic centre offering screening, diagnostic and interventional services to women. The new centre offers a service designed not only for routine screening and regular check-ups, but also for diagnosing a wide range of gynaecological abnormalities. It covers conditions across the entire spectrum of women’s health from pelvic [...]
Virtual reality in the treatment of chronic pain is the subject of a new research project from a UK university. As many as 50 per cent of the UK population are living with chronic pain, and a team from the University of East Anglia will study whether new technology delivered via a VR headset could [...]
We ask Sandy Findlay, partnership director at innovation funding specialist ABGI-UK, about making the most of the Patent Box for your business. HT World: So what is Patent Box? Sandy Findlay: Patent Box is a UK government scheme that gives companies the opportunity to pay a reduced corporation tax on all the profits arising from [...]
