Products & deployments
The UK has launched an £8m initiative to create what is claimed will be the world’s largest dataset of drug-protein binding data, as part of wider efforts to speed up AI-driven medicine development. The OpenBind consortium, based at the Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, aims to generate more than 500,000 experimentally validated protein-ligand structures and [...]
Wolters Kluwer Health today announced its UpToDate Enterprise Edition will be available to healthcare systems and hospitals in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region beginning in Q3. Designed specifically for large healthcare systems and hospitals, the clinical decision support (CDS) solution, which features AI enhancements, is designed to support healthcare administrators and clinicians [...]
The NHS expects robot-assisted techniques to be used in nine out of 10 keyhole operations within the next decade, up from around one in five today, as part of plans to cut elective care waiting times. Robotic surgery allows surgeons to control precision instruments using a console with a 3D camera, offering greater dexterity than [...]
Psyomics has announced a new partnership with waiting times improvement specialists Acumentice, in a move designed to help NHS trusts meet cost improvement targets and manage patient pathways. The collaboration brings together two complementary areas of expertise: Psyomics’ clinically-led digital front door technology, and Acumentice’s hands-on consultancy and operational support in reducing waiting lists and [...]
Melbourne-based startup Lyrebird Health has raised US$12m in fresh funding, valuing the two-year-old company at US$50m. Lyrebird Health’s platform generates clinical documentation from doctor–patient conversations, with the company reporting it saves clinicians 6–8 minutes per consultation. Clinical documentation refers to the detailed records healthcare professionals must complete after each patient visit – an administrative task [...]
Spinal surgery has long been one of the most demanding fields in modern medicine — where fractions of a millimetre can define the line between relief and long-term dysfunction. For decades, surgeons have worked under significant constraints: visualising deep structures through small incisions, correcting deformity in delicate regions, and placing instrumentation by feel and fluoroscopic [...]
An ambitious technology project to support the transformation of pathology services across Northern Ireland has been completed, with the go-live of the Clinisys WinPath laboratory information management system at the final two health and social care trusts. Western and Southern trusts went live with the LIMS in their microbiology, blood sciences, and blood transfusion services [...]
A delegation of cutting-edge UK HealthTech companies will travel to Miami this week (11–13 June), as part of a major push to tap into the booming healthcare markets of the US and Latin America. Under the banner of the ABHI UK Pavilion, UK businesses will exhibit at WHX Miami 2025 - the largest international medical [...]
The NHS app will become the default method of communication for millions more patients in England, as part of a government plan to save £200m over the next three years. A £50m investment has been announced to expand digital services, with more test results, screening invitations and appointment reminders to be sent directly to patients' [...]
The NHS is calling for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies remain at critically low levels, following an amber alert issued last year. To maintain a safe and reliable blood supply, the health service needs to increase the number of regular donors from around 800,000 to over one million—with particular concern over stocks of O [...]
