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Sascha Giese, of IT group Solar Winds, on the challenges and opportunities of hybrid cloud tech in healthcare. The contribution of the healthcare sector to the global community over the past several months cannot be stated enough, as professionals the world over continue to battle the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic each day. Now is the [...]
The developer behind an app used to tackle childhood anxiety is in advanced talks with multiple NHS trusts ahead of a potential roll-out. British firm BfB Labs has received regulatory approval from the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for Lumi Nova; the first mobile game for paediatric anxiety in children aged 7-12 [...]
Dr Nigel Whittle, head of medical and healthcare at design and engineering consultancy Plextek, looks at the devastating effects of lockdown on mental health and considers the varying uses of VR technology in combatting the rise in anxiety, depression and feelings of hopelessness. According to the Mental Health Foundation, Coronavirus: Mental Health in the Pandemic Study, [...]
Digital technology which helped to radically improve access to healthcare in Sweden is coming to the UK; initially at three pilot sites before a planned rollout across CCGs, NHS Trusts and the private sector. Scandinavian health tech firm Doctrin believes the similarities between healthcare sectors in the UK and its home market, Sweden, make Britain [...]
Community pharmacists have been saving hours in admin a week and providing a more efficient service to shielding patients during COVID-19, using software that integrates with their PMR system. PharmOutcomes, a web-based management platform which records and manages patient services, is making the processing of payments for commissioned services faster and simpler, while helping reduce [...]
Urgent care staff in London have been giving more informed advice to vulnerable patients with COVID-19 symptoms, thanks to an expansion of record-sharing via the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG). The MIG, from Healthcare Gateway, is enabling a real-time view of the GP records of around eight million patients, following an initiative to grow its use [...]
A pioneering information sharing platform is supporting clinicians during COVID-19 pandemic. The software, designed by US company Allscripts, gives clinicians access to more information about the medical history of their patients, allowing them to quickly access their drug history, past discharge summaries, and notes without having to log-in to different systems. When the pandemic hit, [...]
The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the use of a video game to treat paediatric anxiety. BfB Labs has received the regulatory approval for Lumi Nova, a mobile aimed children with anxiety disorders aged seven to 12. Lumi Nova has been funded by NHS England via the NHS Improvement’s SBRI Healthcare programme and [...]
How UK med-tech developers are harnessing an elemental superpower in the fight against COVID-19. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, UK company Copper Clothing has applied its patented copper-infused fabric to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and hopes its technology will be used to prevent future pandemics. Coronavirus can survive on plastic and stainless-steel surfaces [...]
Diana Jabbar-Lopez on rare diseases, patient data and how life science organisations can maintain compliance in the search for breakthrough treatments. There are thousands of rare diseases with often only a few hundred people worldwide diagnosed with a single condition. Finding enough patients who fit the right criteria for a rare disease clinical trial is [...]
