A new accelerator programme for SMEs in Greater Manchester has opened to support and further their research and commercialisation. The programme is inviting SMEs to collaborate with research and innovation institutions in the region to support the development of health and care products. The project is led by Health Innovation […]
Month: November 2020
Dorset Healthcare live with Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service
Dorset Healthcare has launched its Covid Oximetry @home monitoring service across the region to help identify and support Covid-19 patients who may deteriorate. The new service went live on 16th November for the first patients admitted to the virtual ward for monitoring from practices and the local trust, for Dorset’s highest risk […]
South Tees signs deal with Alcidion to adopt clinical decision support
South Tees Hospitals NHS FT has signed a deal to implement technology from Alcidion to integrate systems and utilise clinical decision support. As part of the trust’s best of breed strategy, the tools will help to integrate data between systems, automate routine tasks and support clinical staff with proactive aid for decision […]
Funding awarded to develop AI tool to speed up diagnosis of coeliac disease
Coeliac UK and Innovate UK have announced a new funding award of £180k to develop an AI tool to help and speed up the diagnosis of coeliac disease. The funding will support Lyzeum Ltd, with a multi-disciplinary team of mathematicians and pathologists from both the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. […]
UCL researches explore brain activity of infants with wearable tech
Researchers at University College London and start-up Gowerlabs have explored a new form of wearable using brain mapping technology to help understand conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy. The technology uses red and near-infrared light delivered via a wearable cap to generate detailed 3D images of babies’ brain […]
Six start-ups join PUBLIC accelerator
Six start-ups have joined the GovStart 2020 accelerator programme from venture firm PUBLIC. Following over 100 applications, six early stage companies, Zencity, Coplug, Samurai Labs, Alcuris, TympaHealth and Deployed have been selected. The accelerator selected the organisations based on the potential to scale immediately. The six start-ups include: Alcuris provides an […]
NHS Scotland opens £216 million laboratory information management system tender
NHS National Services Scotland has opened a tender, worth an estimated £216 million, to procure a new single Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). On behalf of all NHS Health Boards in Scotland, the procurement aims to replace existing Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) held at individual Health Boards over the next […]
App to help prevent acute kidney injury and pneumonia offered to trusts
NHS trusts are being offered a free trial of an app aimed to help prevent hospital-acquired acute kidney injury and pneumonia. The Compass app, provides NHS clinical staff with a tool for accurately assessing each patient’s risk of developing the conditions in hospital, so that appropriate action can be taken […]
Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy store and app
Amazon this week has announced the launch of Amazon Pharmacy, a new store on Amazon and App for users to purchase their prescription medications. The company said Amazon Prime members are eligible for free two-day delivery and discounts of up to 80% on medicines and 40% on branded medicines. In July […]
North West clinical trainees staff bank goes live with 6 trusts
A new initiative led by St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with 6 trusts to form a collaborative staff bank to pool their temporary staff and automate shifts for clinical trainees. The North West Doctors in Training Collaborative Staff Bank is being formed to enable up to 35 […]
