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Prisons across England are being virtually connected to local hospitals by secure encrypted video, in a move that will reduce the need for prisoners to travel to receive specialist care. NHS England and NHS Improvement have signed a new national agreement that is rapidly connecting prisons in England with specialists in their local hospital through [...]
Exergen Corp, a global leader in infrared temperature measurement technologies for medical applications, has signed a marketing and distribution contract with Oxygen Care to market its products in Ireland. “Since 1972 Oxygen Care has been supplying medical equipment, offering clinical support and after-sales product support to hospitals, medical facilities, community care centres and consumers throughout [...]
Adoptively transferred T-cells can prolong survival and sometimes cure patients with advanced solid tumors. While promising, it can take months to generate the necessary T-cells to help these patients. Such slow speed makes this therapy impractical for most patients who need immediate treatment. In the journal Cancer Research, Hannah Knochelmann, a student in the Medical [...]
A new study has show that the Clip-Tone smart inhaler technology is helpful for asthma patients, and guides them to improve their inhaler technique. This is the first time that the technology has been shown to have a real-world impact on inhaler technique. The study assessed the Clip-Tone device which attaches to the inhaler and [...]
Rehab tech firm Fourier Intelligence has completed its Series C financing round led by Vision Plus Capital, a venture capital fund focusing in digital healthcare and deep tech. Qianhai FOF, one of Fourier Intelligence’s current shareholder, co-invested in this round too. This new round of funds will be mainly invested to further expand Fourier Intelligence’s [...]
Andy Kinnear is to join not-for-profit digital health firm Ethical Healthcare Consulting. The former chair of BCS Health and Care and director of digital transformation at NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit, will become partnerships director at Ethical, which is expanding by bringing together high calibre like-minded experts. Andy joins Anne Cooper, the [...]
Both Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) solutions are starting to revolutionise healthcare applications and services, and at the same time, contribute to the fight against COVID-19, a new report explains. The AR healthcare market, it says, is expected to generate approximately US$10 billion in revenues with the VR Healthcare market reaching US$1.2 billion in 2024. This is [...]
Samsung Electronics is to push the development of robust healthcare technology products in the light of a recent survey which reveals this is the market trend. New research by the electronics giant looking at the benefits of rugged technology in the sector revealed that more than nine out of ten employees would like to see [...]
Business is booming for a company which specialises in creating healthy environments in the workplace, despite Covid 19 having driven more people to work from home. London-based WellTek which sells a range of design-led office furniture aimed at promoting well-being in the workplace, has seen increased demand during the pandemic. This has come from the [...]
A research team based at Kings College London is preparing for the launch of a first-of-its-kind study for managing and preventing diabetes amongst mental health patients. People with conditions such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder generally tend to develop cardiovascular disease at a much earlier stage than normal. This is also true for other physical [...]
