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The neurovascular thrombectomy devices market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 6% between 2020 and 2025, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData's latest report, ‘Neurovascular Thrombectomy Devices (Neurology Devices) – Global Market Analysis and Forecast Model (COVID-19 market impact)', reveals [...]
Digital health management is the biggest application of technology in preventative healthcare, enabling patient empowerment, accessibility, and improved care, according to one of the UK’s new NHS clinical entrepreneurs. Dr Haroon Ahmad, academic foundation doctor in leadership at the Royal Bolton Hospital argues that technology is changing the way the world works in healthcare as [...]
Alder Hey children’s hospital has successfully pioneered immersive technology during the Covid pandemic and is now looking at rolling it out across the North West and beyond. Liverpool-based Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, which is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals caring for 330,000 children, young people and their families every year, [...]
Martin Hodgson, head of UK & Ireland, Paessler AG on the importance of being on the front foot for healthcare IT. Following the rapid international transmission of COVID-19, private and public healthcare organisations have been put under intense pressure to protect the ill and vulnerable. COVID-19 has had the greatest impact of a virus in [...]
New EU regulations coming into effect next year will require stronger control over medical devices and add costs. A three-year transition period from Medical Devices Directive (MDD) to the new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) was due to end in May 2020 but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now coming into [...]
A UK tech firm is harnessing lighting control technology to measure and control the COVID-19 virus via wearable devices. Prolojik’s Proxima devices allow organisations from commercial workplaces to schools and universities to allow people to manage their own risk and exposure to the COVID virus through wearable technology in the form of a wristband or lanyard that [...]
The stroke market is one of the only sectors within the medical device industry that has been showing some stability over the COVID-19 period, and will likely experience a slight uptick in the near future, according to data and analytics firm GlobalData. Sheryl Tang, principal medical devices analyst at GlobalData, says: “Several leading manufacturers in [...]
A new peer reviewed paper has evidenced the effectiveness of Micro-Fragmented Adipose Tissue (MFAT) in treating osteoarthritis of the knee. It shows that, out of 110 knees assessed for patient-centred outcomes of pain, functionality and quality of life, 81% of people responded positively and had an improvement in their arthritis and a significant decrease in [...]
An NHS trust is on track to save £225,000 a year with electronic patient record system. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is one of the latest medical organisations to switch from paper-based to electronic patient records (EPR). Paper-based systems are still in use in many NHS organisations. These systems can be complex and, [...]
A technology-enabled home care provider is using machine learning and data analytics to predict the onset of health deteriorations in the elderly before they occur. Elderly care is a notoriously underfunded and overstretched sector. According to Age UK, 1.5 million people aged 65 and over don't receive care and support with their day-to-day living activities. [...]
