Johnson & Johnson and Apple have joined to launch a new study called Heartland to explore the potential of the Apple Watch to be used to reduce the risk of stroke. The partnership opened enrolement in the Heartline™ Study this week. The study aims to assess whether the Heartline™ Study app […]
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Government announces new digital pharmacy referral service
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a new digital pharmacy referral service aimed to avoid hospital readmission. Announced as part of the community pharmacy contractual framework, the new service to be launched as a pilot in July will see hospitals refer patients to pharmacy after discharge. The […]
North Lincolnshire introduces VR rehab service for lung patients
Lung patients in North Lincolnshire will be the first to benefit from a virtual rehab service. The pioneering virtual reality (VR) pulmonary rehabilitation programme will be offered for the first time on the NHS. NHS North Lincolnshire CCG successfully submitted a bid to fund the programme for people in North Lincolnshire […]
NHS trust consortium signs 8 year deal with Sectra
A consortium of NHS trusts around the south coast of England has signed an eight year contract renewal with Sectra for its imaging technology. The deal means the trusts part of the group will seamlessly share and access half a million more images across the region and make them available […]
Diabetes management app launches crowd funding campaign
A health tech start up, Quin, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to for its diabetes management app. The AI driven app, for diabetes management uses algorithmic insights to help people decide when and how much insulin to take. The campaign, which aims to raise £600k, started this month through the […]
Royal Berkshire to go live with AI to support stroke patients
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is to go live with artificial intelligence software from Brainomix next month. The AI software analyses CT images of the brain and its blood vessels immediately after the patient has a scan. It automatically highlights the area of probable damage and the blocked blood vessel, […]
Boots to trial Doctor Care Anywhere digital prescription service
Boots has launched a new service in 20 stores across London to provide a digital prescription service using technology from Doctor Care Anywhere. The tech company supports thousands of GP consultations and will be providing its new prescription service so patients have the option to have their prescriptions sent electronically to a […]
Interview Series: Anil Madhar and Mark Smith, Enovacom
In our latest interview we spoke with Anil Madhar and Mark Smith, from Enovacom, an Orange Business subsidiary that provides health and care organisations with interoperability tools that delivers the secure exchange of data between the health economy stakeholders promoting collaboration. We asked Anil and Mark a few questions to […]
Scientists discover antibiotic using AI
Using artificial intelligence scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new type of antibiotic to kill dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. The team from MIT using a machine learning algorithm have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria, […]
InterSystems ePMA saves North Tees 53 hours a day
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust introduced the InterSystems TrakCare electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system, removing the previous paper based process. The trust said in result nurses have saved more than 50 hours each day, or 19,345 hours a year, and have seen safer ways of working and a […]
