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HT World assesses the jobs market for high growth health tech firms, in conversation with expert Simon Benson, founder of specialist recruiter Wilson Grey. The health tech start-ups and scale-ups Simon Benson works with have this year been in one of two modes - “a holding position, or powering ahead with growth.” Benson runs Wilson [...]
Neurotherapeutics devices company MindMaze Healthcare has announced its commercial product portfolio and clinical pipeline which includes two new pieces of software.
A new clinical video service which supports epilepsy diagnoses and management in the era of coronavirus and beyond has been launched in the UK. vCreate Neuro allows registered patients and carers to share smartphone-recorded videos of potential seizures or unknown movements with their clinical team via a secure, NHS-trusted system. The data and footage act as a visual [...]
An AI online consultation system is helping to slash GP waiting times and reduce pressure on NHS resources. Through the development of PATCHS, GP practices can handle large volumes of patients more efficiently. The system, created by software provider Advanced working with Spectra Analytics and the University of Manchester, enables patients to contact their GP [...]
A number of fertility apps have been collecting and sharing their user’s data without their consent according to a new study.
A new partnership between two leading names in UK life sciences is set to bring opportunities for both organisations and the wider sector. Through the partnership between the National Horizons Centre and Discovery Park - the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone - the two will work together in several mutually-beneficial ways. The National Horizons Centre, [...]
A tech-led initiative is supporting the future of the UK’s lung health through collating statistical evidence from across the country for the first time. The Lung Health Data Tracker aims to address the fact that for decades, data on respiratory health has been patchy, lagging far behind other diseases. While there are 12 million people [...]
A pioneer in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve safety in childbirth has been acquired, in a move which will allow it to expand its perinatal technology throughout the US and beyond. PeriGen has become part of Halma plc, a FTSE 100 global group of life-saving technology companies which invests in healthcare, industrial [...]
The first digital health intervention for families affected by ABI has been launched, with a view to national roll-out in the coming months. CBIT In Hand has been created to provide immediate, tailored information via a mobile device to families of children and young people who have been affected by concussion and/or acquired brain injury [...]
An increasing number of digital mental health interventions are designed for adolescents and young people with a range of mental health issues. But the evidence on their effectiveness is mixed, according to research by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Spark Street Advisors. Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy was found effective for anxiety and [...]
