In March specialist health tech agency Highland Marketing and independent health tech consultancy Experiential HealthTech launched a collaboration, including end to end advisory, market analysis, competitive intelligence, marketing and PR services. Earlier this year, Chief executive Mark Venables and consultant Andrena Logue sat down to discuss how the alliance has developed and […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]