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The ongoing growth of healthtech is reflected in the surging interest in a radio station’s show on the topic. HealthTech Hour has become UK Health Radio’s fastest-growing show ever, surpassing 500,000 listeners in less than six months. The show sees Steve Roest, CEO and founder of PocDoc, speaking to the founders, leaders, clinicians and investors [...]
A hospital in Scotland has become the first in the world to introduce a first-of-its-kind app to help staff deliver more person-centred care for people with disabilities. NHS Golden Jubilee has introduced WelcoMe, an app designed to put disabled people in control of their service experience. Use of WelcoMe will be rolled out to all [...]
Academic analysis shows primary care prescribers have been preventing adverse drug reactions, harm and hospital admissions through safer prescribing, after using prescribing tech. The company behind the system also reveals that GPs have helped save hundreds of millions of pounds. Prescribers throughout the NHS are preventing adverse drug reactions that can result in patient harm [...]
A Moldova-based start up has launched a new device that could revolutionise the way people train and learn to swim. One of the biggest challenges in swim coaching is the lack of real-time communication between the coach and the swimmer. SONR Inc. has developed a new wearable to help tackle the issue. The device is [...]
A new microscopic imaging approach has been developed to take a closer look at 3D-printing for developing future patient implants, as well as improved disease modelling and drug screening. Additive manufacturing - or 3D printing - platforms create bioprinted structures by moving a special bioink, containing cells, biomolecules and materials, through a narrow tube, but [...]
A student accommodation provider has made personalised digital mental health support available to all its residents across the UK and Ireland. Real estate firm Hines, via is aparto brand, has become the first purpose-built student accommodation provider to partner with Kooth plc. The Kooth platform provides free, safe and anonymous access to drop-in chats, counselling, [...]
Measuring the effects of electrical stimulation of a major nerve could hold the key to new treatments for a range of diseases from epilepsy to depression. In a new research project at the University of Bath, academics are working to improve understanding of how the body reacts to electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve. Knowing [...]
Through the use of AI, dementia can now be detected at an earlier stage, in quicker time and at a lower cost than ever before, with the added ability of remote use. Dr Sina Habibi, CEO of Cognetivity, tells Health Tech World about the team's groundbreaking work in redefining this area of healthcare
IVF process automation startup Overture Life today announced it has raised a further $15M in funding, as it continues to develop technology through its mission to democratise in-vitro fertilisation. Overture Life is developing medical devices and novel embryo testing methodologies that will automate all stages of the IVF process, lowering costs and increasing throughput for IVF [...]
A tech venture which allows remote monitoring of blood pressure, pulse and breathing rate has secured £1.2m in financial support to help scale its system. Lifelight, novel technology that allows a smartphone or tablet device to collect accurate measurements through a patient looking into the device's built-in camera for 40 seconds, has secured a £1.2m Innovate [...]
