Month: September 2019

HTN 100

HTN 100 News in Brief

Exciting speaker line-up planned for InterSystems Joined Up Health and Care 2019 The Joined Up Health and Care conference returns for its sixth year on 10th October at The Vox in Birmingham. The conference will see presentations from Matthew Honeyman, policy researcher at The King’s Fund and Liz Jones, digital project manager at […]

Secondary Care

UK based AI software firm raises $22m

Kheiron Medical has raised $22 ​Million in Series A funding led by Atomico, to bring the benefits of its breast cancer detection AI software to women worldwide. The applied science company focuses on supporting cancer diagnostics with machine learning through its product Mia™, which aims to provide reliable early detection. Kheiron […]

Secondary Care

Ieso Digital launches global research project

Ieso Digital Health, a provider of internet-enabled cognitive behavioural therapy, has launched Eight Billion Minds, a new digital therapeutics program aiming to address the global and regional shortages of mental health therapists. The research aims to use deep learning analysis of 200,000 hours of patient therapy data to build a […]

Secondary Care

CW+ and Chelsea and Westminster NHS FT launch new innovation programme

CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has today announced a new innovation programme, named CW Innovation. The partnership and innovation programme aims to identify and deliver new high–impact innovation initiatives and improvements that support the goal of delivering operational excellence, and exceptional patient care […]

Apps CCG News

Bedfordshire CCG introduces mobile heart monitors

Bedfordshire CCG is to introduce new mobile heart monitors with an aim to help prevent strokes. The mobile heart monitor technology helps patients take a quick ECG reading thats measures electrical activity of the heart. The device is able to identify a number of heart rate abnormalities including atrial fibrillation. […]

International

Amazon Care pilot launches for Seattle employees

Amazon is to launch a new virtual primary care service for its Seattle based employees called Amazon Care. Amazon Care is set to pilot in the City before building and scaling the offering elsewhere. It’s a mobile application that allows access to virtual and in-person healthcare services from Oasis Medical. […]