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Provider of cyber-security services Check Point Software Technologies has been appointed by NHS Scotland to secure and streamline the management of its public cloud data. NHS Scotland’s cloud infrastructure powers the country’s Test and Protect services, which has over a million users, as well as the Protect Scotland proximity app. Check Point will provide complete threat [...]
More than 100 transformative projects have been funded through a new programme designed to support high-risk research. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has allocated almost £25.5M of funding to 126 projects in the mathematical and physical sciences through this pilot programme. This includes projects related [...]
Insignia Technologies has unveiled a new smart label which is designed to alert users to replace their face mask when needed. Insignia’s smart label changes colour to indicate when a disposable face mask has reached the end of its recommended lifespan or when a reusable mask requires to be changed. Founded in 2012, Insignia Technologies’ [...]
A chatbot-enabled website designed to tackle misinformation surrounding COVID-19 has been launched. The platform has been designed by experts in computational communication at the Universities of Liverpool and Dundee. The Fake News Immunity Chatbot brings classical philosophers Aristotle, Socrates and Gorgias to life on the computer screen, introducing users to their rhetorical strategies, or fallacies, as [...]
Doctors and nurses in Luton will be able to keep an eye on chronic patients outside of traditional clinical settings through a new partnership with medtech start-up Doccla. Luton Children and Adults Community Health Services, an NHS service supporting people closer to or at home, will work closely with Doccla to deliver a comprehensive remote [...]
More than 10,000 NHS staff at three trusts in England will submit their COVID-19 test results through a digital platform in a bid to make the infection control and statutory reporting process more efficient and reliable. Since the introduction of twice-weekly COVID-19 testing for all frontline staff from 23 November, NHS trusts have been looking to [...]
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a live translation service within its video consultation platform to improve accessibility for non-English-speaking patients. The trust deployed the eClinic video consultation platform from Healthcare Communications to reduce the number of patients visiting the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform integrates with the trust’s patient administration [...]
The MRC Molecular & Cellular Medicine Board (MCMB) has appointed an interdisciplinary cell biologist professor as its new chair. MRC research boards and panels are made up of a group of scientists who play a key role in delivering MRC objectives across its portfolio. The research boards hold their own research budgets and review and [...]
The developer of a brain stimulation headset designed to treat depression has reported a surge in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s co-founder spoke to Health Tech World about the potential of technology to help “more people than ever before.” Flow has said that it has experienced a 247% increase in sales of its [...]
US technology firm Avaya has unveiled a suite of digital communications services to address the challenges related to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Avaya OneCloud CPaaS includes HIPAA-compliant innovation that has been used by healthcare providers and government agencies for contact tracing, responding to high volumes of medical inquiries, and rapid notification services. The [...]
