The Mum and Baby app developed by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, its charity CW+ and app developers Imagineear, is to be introduced to maternity systems across North West London. The app supports more personalised care and provides a single point of information through the maternity journey. Through […]
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Public Health England launches new platform to support mental health
Public Health England and the NHS have launched Every Mind Matters a platform to provide resources to help people look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others. The new platform has been endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and enables people to create personalised action plans, recommending a […]
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough finds app improves care for stroke survivors
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust have found an innovation which improves care for stroke survivors and helps staff make evidence-based decisions ‘on-the-go’ to speed up recovery. The community neuro-rehabilitation team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough worked with researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) to test the ViaTherapy phone app. […]
NHS London Procurement Partnership invites tenders for health and social care apps
The NHS London Procurement Partnership is working with ORCHA to help 46 organisations, including Trusts and CCGs across London and the South, to introduce safe apps into practice. The NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) develops and manages collaborative procurement projects on behalf of its members, including NHS clinical commissioning […]
Bedfordshire CCG introduces mobile heart monitors
Bedfordshire CCG is to introduce new mobile heart monitors with an aim to help prevent strokes. The mobile heart monitor technology helps patients take a quick ECG reading thats measures electrical activity of the heart. The device is able to identify a number of heart rate abnormalities including atrial fibrillation. […]
Patients seen by digital GP on average within 26 minutes
Push Doctor, a platform to offer video consultations with patients online and via smartphone with a UK GP has seen on average it takes 26 minutes to be seen. The online GP provider connects thousands of patients with a GP and over the past 12 months the service treated over […]
BBC launches ‘digital wellbeing’ Own It app for children
The BBC has created a “wellbeing” app called Own It aimed at children. It monitors how young people interact with friends and family online and through messaging apps and uses AI to evaluate a child’s mood so it can offer advice or encourage them to talk to trusted adults. The app […]
Circle Health partners with EQL AI-driven physio tool
EQL, a start-up part of the NHS DigitalHealth.London accelerator programme will be providing its AI-driven physio tool to Circle Health. Cicle Health will be rolling out the tool across all its NHS MKS contracts. Patients will utilise Phio, the digital physiotherapist that uses powerful decision trees to accurately evaluate the right […]
New research study supports SkinVision App
A new study published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (JEADV) has determined SkinVision, a skin cancer application has a sensitivity of 95.1% in detecting the most common forms of skin cancer. SkinVision’s awareness and tracking solution supports individuals with the early recognition of skin cancer. […]
Liva Healthcare wins funding to help treat pregnant women at risk of Type 2 diabetes
Liva Healthcare, the digital health coaching company, has this month secured funding from the EU Horizon 2020 fund to develop the: ‘Impact Diabetes Baby 2 Bump’ research project. The company will work with researchers from seven universities including the University College Dublin, the University of Bristol and the University of Granada, […]
