Month: December 2019

Apps

My Online Therapy raises £4.2 million

My Online Therapy, a virtual psychology clinic has raised $4.2 million in funding from the Lighthouse Investment Group. The virtual clinical provides people with access to psychological therapies by connecting them with leading psychologists via video or web chat. The company said one in four people in the UK struggle with […]

News

Amazon and NHS deal concerning says Privacy International

Privacy International, a UK based charity, following a series of FOI requests has suggested concerning information in the Department of Health and Social Care contract with Amazon, regarding the use of NHS content Alexa. The organisation has also called for transparency, with details of the contract redacted. In July a […]

Secondary Care

Integration announced between Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications

Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications have announced a partnership to integrate to offer a ‘digital first’ experience where possible. The integration between the two suppliers means from a referral to discharge patient interactions can be digital at every point. Kenny Bloxham, Managing Director at Healthcare Communications “This partnership offers patients […]

International

Amazon launches Transcribe Medical to its US audience

Amazon last week unveiled Transcribe Medical to its US audience, a speech recognition tool to make clinical documentation more efficient.  The company said the tool will make it easier for developers to integrate medical transcriptions into applications. In the company announcement Amazon said “It can automatically and accurately transcribe physicians’ […]

HTN 100

HTN 100: NHS Digital, LabGenius, X-on and Kaia Health

NHS Digital Webinar: Digital Medicines Interoperability NHS Digital is hosting a webinar at 12:30PM, Friday 13 December 2019. The webinar will focus on their work on an interoperable medication standard that has now been underway for a year. The session will include: FHIR terminology server and how you can gain […]

Apps

Current Health closes £9m Series A

Current Health the remote patient monitoring platform has raised £9 million in Series A funding. The patient platform combines ICU- accurate wearable monitoring, precise early warning alerts and video visits with an aim to prevent illness. Founded in Scotland in 2015 by CEO Christopher McCann and CTO Stewart Whiting, Current Health uses […]

News

10 projects announced in Scotland Government CivTech Accelerator

The Scottish Government has announced 10 new projects as part of their CivTech Accelerator programme. CivTech was set up in 2016 and has since delivered three years of support for innovations. The 14 companies joined the Accelerator programme last month to tackle 10 challenges listed below. Derek Mackay, Economy Secretary said “I […]

Secondary Care

Birmingham and Solihull chooses OnBase

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Hyland Healthcare’s OnBase to manage clinical content across its services. The trust has select Hyland Healthcare to digitise and manage clinical and back office documents, develop digital workflows and deliver content to clinicians and staff when they need it. The […]

Secondary Care

MS Society backs 13 new health tech projects

The Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS Society) has committed £1.3 million to fund 13 new tech projects. It includes projects on symptom management, projects to develop MS services, to help develop new treatments, to improve diagnosis and a project to explore the causes of MS. The projects include virtual reality, wearable […]

International Secondary Care

Lumeon partners with Medtronic to support pathway management across Europe

Lumeon, the provider of care pathway solutions has partnered with Medtronic a provider of integrated healthcare solutions across Europe. The partnership will provide the technology to support Medtronic’s customer base in their transition to value-based care models. Medtronic will utilise Lumeon’s care pathway management platform to operationalise care pathways for […]