The new NHS app will be available to all patients for free by December 2018 to provide safe and secure access to their GP record. Patients will be able to use it to make GP appointments, order repeat prescriptions, manage long-term conditions and access 111 online for urgent medical queries. It means patients will […]
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Babylon AI achieves equivalent accuracy with human doctors in global healthcare first
Babylon Health’s AI, in a series of robust tests (including the relevant sections of the MRCGP exam), has demonstrated its ability to provide health advice which is on-par with practicing clinicians. The MRCGP exam is the final test for trainee General Practitioners (GPs), set by the Royal College of General […]
New app connects rheumatology patients in Torbay
Torbay Hospital Rheumatology Department have brought patients and physicians together with a new app; Rheumatology Connect. Dr Kirsten Mackay, a rheumatology consultant at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, commissioned an app from partnership organisation Health & Care Videos. Having worked closely with the department on other online resources, […]
New technology helps to improve treatment for NHS patients with depression
A new web-based “feedback” technology which allows therapists to accurately monitor how patients with depression are coping has been found to reduce the probability of deterioration during psychological treatment by 74%, a new study has found. The study, which is the largest controlled trial of its kind, involved data from […]
IBM and Karantis360 Build AI-Driven Approach to Assisted Living for UK Elderly Population
UK-based care management provider Karantis360 has partnered with IBM to develop a smart cloud-based solution designed to enable assisted living through non-intrusive monitoring of individuals in their own homes, residential care, sheltered housing, or healthcare facilities. Leveraging IBM Watson IoT, delivered via a mobile application, Karantis360 learns changes in behaviour […]
New dads get support in the early weeks of fatherhood with the launch of mobile app
A new app, aimed at new dads in the Wiltshire, BANES and Swindon area, is to be launched this week. The “DadPad” app is a new easy-to-use resource to support dads in the early days and weeks following the birth of their child. DadPad contains practical information on topics including advice on how […]
MySunrise App goes live at Royal Cornwall Hospital
The MySunrise App has gone live, a free resource developed by the Oncology team at Royal Cornwall Hospital to support patients and their families right from diagnosis, providing information specific to their local cancer centre – The Sunrise Centre – as well as providing regional and national links to cancer […]
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust launches project with Healthy.io
An innovative digital home testing kit for patients with kidney conditions, has been launched by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with Healthy.io. The test project will, for the first time in the UK, enable a group of patients to do regular urine tests at home using their smartphone […]
Anxiety UK partners with Videodoc to launch online app therapy
Anxiety UK, the UK’s leading anxiety, stress and anxiety-based depression charity, has partnered with videoDoc, online doctor service and digital health technology providers, to develop an online therapy platform and mobile app to amplify the digital reach of the charity’s network of registered UK therapists. The new service, “DOTS” (Digital […]
Self-care app for warfarin patients gains approval for NHS Digital App Library
An innovative app that helps warfarin patients to self-test and stay fully connected to their care teams has recently been approved by NHS Digital to join the NHS App Library. The engage app has been approved for its patient self-testing programme for those on warfarin therapy. The programme enables patients to monitor […]
