Products & deployments
A unique indoor way-finder is being launched for people to find they way around hospitals more easily. The app, by BuzzStreets and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is aimed at helping patients and their families navigate their way more easily, reduce staff time spent giving directions, help ensure patients arrive on time for appointments, [...]
After months of remote working employers are turning to mental health strategies to support staff. Christina Colmer McHugh tells Health Tech World that new technology is helping people cope with low moods and anxiety. A health device designed to improve mental wellbeing was borne out of a mother’s desire to help her daughter. Christina Colmer [...]
A new product to cure fungal nail infection has been given the green light to go ahead. Fungal nail infections affect millions of people across the world and can take a long time to heal. A new therapy has been developed to address both the underlying cause of the condition, and the cosmetic issues caused [...]
A leading industrial computer manufacturer has launched a new alliance with a well known medical IT hardware company. The partnership between DFI, and ACL, a well-known German medical IT hardware manufacturer, sets out to open up opportunities in the smart healthcare market. DFI has 40 years of experience in industrial computers while ACL has been [...]
UK cloud telephony specialist X-on is supporting regional networks of GP practices to manage COVID-19 vaccination programmes with a contact system for patient booking. X-on has developed a softphone version of its cloud-based Surgery Connect healthcare phone system to enable primary care networks to provide patients with a single dedicated number and support process for [...]
Poole Hospital, part of The University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, has launched a mobile check-in app to enable outpatients to check in for their hospital appointment using their smartphone or tablet. The initiative is part of a range of measures to support infection control practices aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. Using Mobile Appointment [...]
Insignia Technologies has unveiled a new smart label which is designed to alert users to replace their face mask when needed. Insignia’s smart label changes colour to indicate when a disposable face mask has reached the end of its recommended lifespan or when a reusable mask requires to be changed. Founded in 2012, Insignia Technologies’ [...]
The developer of a brain stimulation headset designed to treat depression has reported a surge in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s co-founder spoke to Health Tech World about the potential of technology to help “more people than ever before.” Flow has said that it has experienced a 247% increase in sales of its [...]
Health Tech World spoke to a director from a company developing temperature monitoring technology which aims to support the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine. Founded in 1969, Zebra Technologies provides industry-tailored, end-to-end technology that connects people, assets and data to help its customers make business-critical decisions. The company operates in the retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, logistics and healthcare sectors. [...]
Healthy meal delivery service Fresh Fitness Food has launched a new mobile app with the aim of allowing users to manage their nutrition in a “personalised way.” The new app will provide users with guidance on their calorie and macronutrient intake, allowing them to sign up to a weekly meal plan programme, which will be designed [...]
