A new App developed by Healthy.IO has been launched across Greater Manchester to help support the treatment and recovery of wounds. The wound-measuring technology helps to provide an accurate measurement of a wound in two minutes, to help a digital assessment team over time calculate the progress of a wound and understand […]
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StopCOVID NI App reaches 500k downloads
Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland has announced its StopCOVID NI, contract tracing app, has now been downloaded over 500,000 times, representing approximately 30% of the Northern Ireland population. A new feature was also announced this week, to confirm the date when a user’s self-isolation period will end. The functionality […]
Video: Apple Health App, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT
On 7th October 2020, HTN broke the news that Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT and Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT became the first hospitals in the UK to enable patients to access medical data through the Health Records app on iPhone. The technology enables patients to view their consolidated health care records […]
The new technologies supporting stop smoking services
By Solutions for Health While COVID-19 brings challenges for stop smoking services, online support and an AI-powered robo-coach mean there’s digital support to help people kick the habit. Smokers are up to fourteen times more likely to have serious complications from COVID-19 than non-smokers according to recent research in China. […]
Digital pharmacy startup medino raises £5.6m
Digital pharmacy startup, medino, has raised £5.6m in its latest funding round. The ‘Pharmacy In Your Phone’ concept currently supports 130,000 people to date by digitising pharmacy shopping. In January 2020 the company raised £440k to challenge the pharmacy in your phone market, by offering ‘enhanced packing and picking processes for […]
ORCHA partners with The American Telemedicine Association
ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps has partnered with The American Telemedicine Association to support patients access safe and effective health apps. The association will be supported by ORCHA’s automated review process so that patients can access more than 300 healthcare apps that meet the approved […]
TestCard raises £4.5 million in funding
TestCard, the company founded by Dr Andrew Botham and technologist Luke Heron, has raised £4.5 million in funding. The company aims to facilitate an earlier diagnosis by supporting people diagnose common conditions and diseases using the camera on their mobile phone. In November the company is set to launch an at-home UTI […]
Digital health startup Numan completes £10M Series A
Numan, the online clinic built for men has closed a £10 million Series A funding round, led by Novator, along with Anthemis Exponential, Vostok New Ventures, and Colle Capital. The start-up launched in February 2019 to specifically support men take action when it comes to their health and wellbeing. The company […]
Royal Free London goes live with payroll app
Royal Free London NHS FT is the first to go live with a new payroll platform, following a collaboration between Earned, a mobile payroll app and NHS SBS. The Earned technology is being made available through the MySBSPay app to provide additional tools such as to support a ‘pay as you […]
Trusts go live with Apple Health Records app
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT and Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT have become the first hospitals in the UK to enable patients to access medical data through the Health Records app on iPhone. Available from today (7th October), patients will be able to view their consolidated health care records directly on […]
