As the health tech industry assesses the emerging lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic, Highland Marketing and TechUK organised a webinar to explore the impact of technology on healthcare, the challenges and barriers to change, and the likely sustainability of actions taken during the crisis. As the novel coronavirus arrived in […]
Month: July 2020
AI radiology platform secures £7.2m in funding
QUIBIM, a medtech company that specialises in artificial intelligence and image processing technologies has raised £7.2million in funding from investors. The company has developed over 20 algorithms for a range of conditions including cancer, Alzheimer’s, osteoarthritis and liver disease. It has recently launched chest X-ray and CT scan products for COVID-19, […]
PUBLIC launches latest accelerator programme
Venture firm PUBLIC has launched its GovStart 2020 accelerator programme, searching for innovators working in health tech, transport and workforce related tech. The growth programme will support health tech startups for 6 months, supporting them to penetrate the market and provide tailored support to develop and execute their strategy. The […]
Interview Series: David Bolton, CRO, Draper & Dash
In our latest interview we caught up with David Bolton from healthcare analytics specialist Draper & Dash, where we discuss healthcare data science and predictive analytics. We asked David a few questions about the field and how the company’s platform is being adopted across the NHS. David has been working […]
Patients Know Best integrates with NHS App
Patients Know Best (PKB), a personal health records provider, has now achieved full integration with the NHS App. The company said its ‘All-in-One’ integration with the NHS App will allow patients to directly access their combined dataset from PKB within the NHS App interface. The Patients Know Best solution now supports […]
NHS Lanarkshire to deploy Alcidion’s early warning system
NHS Lanarkshire is to deploy Alcidion’s early warning system to support its acute and community providers. The early warning system is being introduced to help doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to quickly identify when patients are at risk of deterioration. The Health Board has signed a five year contract […]
Ealing Hospital to go live with e-portering app
Ealing Hospital is to go live this week with an e–portering app that streamlines the process of requesting a porter. Following a successful implementation at Norwick Part Hospital, part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Infinity Health’s platform will be rolled out at Ealing Hospital’s emergency department to support […]
8 children’s centres across Greater Manchester digitally connected
A new reporting system is being rolled out this month across eight NHS organisations in Greater Manchester. The system is being rolled-out to children’s centres to instantly share information such as bed availability and staffing levels. It has been designed specifically for paediatric care, where more staff per patient are […]
App launched to remotely monitor cancer patients
Careology, a digital cancer care platform, has launched a new tool to support clinicians to remotely monitor their cancer patients’ health in real-time. The development provides clinicians with previously unavailable patient health data and insights from wearable devices and the Careology app. The company said it will help clinicians pro-actively […]
Liverpool Heart and Chest partners with AI company
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS FT has partnered with an artificial intelligence company to use the technology in clinical practice and lung cancer screening. Working with Amsterdam-based medtech company Aidence, the trust will use the AI solution, Veye Chest, to support radiologists analyse the approximately 7,000 routine and screening chest CT scans […]
