Products & deployments
From saving surgeons’ precious time, to reducing surprises and clinical risks in theatre, cutting MDT time in half, and informing decisions before procedures, surgical teams in the SWASH+ consortium of NHS trusts are embracing a ’game changer’ in orthopaedic planning technology with Sectra. David Howard, orthopaedic surgical practitioner at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, gives [...]
A Utah regulatory body has greenlit San Francisco-based startup, Legion Health, to deploy an AI-powered app capable of prescribing psychiatric medications to patients in the state. According to The Verge, the AI system is limited to renewing existing prescriptions for a narrow range of drugs - among them fluoxetine (Prozac) and sertraline (Zoloft) - used [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a three-year ASEAN initiative for digital health wallets to replace paper health records with secure, interoperable digital versions. The programme, launched with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in partnership with the Temasek Foundation, aims to give people trusted, portable access to essential health information while [...]
Article produced in association with London Pregnancy Clinic First-trimester ultrasound is a routine part of antenatal care across the UK. For most expectant parents, the nuchal translucency scan offers the first detailed visual assessment of the pregnancy and returns a reassuring result. For a smaller subset, however, a measurement above the expected range introduces a [...]
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has reported improvements in patient flow following the first phase of a digital transformation programme using Alcidion’s Miya Precision platform. The programme is helping clinical teams coordinate patient discharge planning more effectively across seven community hospitals. The Trust reports that average patient length of stay reduced by [...]
Phoenix Hospital Group has announced the launch of its new Prostate MRI Cancer Screening Service, now available at its Harley Street Health District hospital in central London and at Phoenix Chelmsford Hospital in Essex. The service has been introduced to encourage men to take a proactive approach to their wellbeing. The Group also offers prostate [...]
Direct-to-patient programs ready to stand up in as little as 21 days. Gifthealth, the patient access solution that unifies the prescription journey from provider to patient, is deploying direct-to-patient (DTP) programmes to deliver MFN pricing to consumers. Gifthealth is the nation’s largest DTP partner for manufacturers, dispensing more than 90 per cent of current US [...]
Microsoft is rolling out an AI health assistant designed to help people manage their health using their own medical data. The feature, called Copilot Health, works inside the company's Copilot app and can provide personalised health advice using a user's medical data, if they choose to share it. With permission, the tool can review information [...]
The Clementine Churchill Hospital, part of Circle Health Group is the UK’s first private hospital to install Intuitive’s da Vinci 5 Surgical System. Specially designed to support the delivery of minimally invasive procedures in general surgery, urology, gynaecology and other specialities, da Vinci 5 is a revolutionary new robotic-assisted surgical system which is now operational [...]
Dr Haus Dermatology has announced the launch of a new consultant-led medical weight management service, expanding its commitment to evidence-based, medically supervised care. The service is led by Consultant Endocrinologist Dr Edson Nogueira, providing specialist expertise in metabolic and hormonal health within a carefully structured clinical pathway. Initial consultations will take place face-to-face at the [...]
