A new study has been published in Frontiers entitled ‘Gamification improves antidepressant effects of cognitive control training – A pilot trial’. Authors Simone Weller, Philipp A. Schroeder and Christian Plewnia note that whilst treatment approaches for major depressive order (MDD) encompass psychotherapy, medication and brain stimulation, insignificant symptom relief remains […]
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ORCHA and Patients Know Best collaborate with Hull Teaching Hospitals
ORCHA and Patients Know Best have collaborated with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to support patients to digitally self-manage long term conditions and when waiting for elective procedures. When patients use the patient portal from Patients Know Best, they will be able to access the digital health library from […]
Frimley Health launches app to provide traffic light guidance on childhood illness
Frimley Health NHS FT has launched a new app to provide traffic light guidance on childhood illness. The new Frimley Healthier Together app has been introduced with an aim to reduce the number of patients going to GP practices or accident & emergency departments with minor (green) ailments. It provides parents, […]
Babylon and Bupa sign 3-year partnership
Babylon and Bupa UK have agreed a deal for a further three years for Babylon to continue to provide digital services, including its symptom checker, 24/7 virtual consultations and access to clinical records. Since the organisations partnered in 2015, 360,000 Bupa UK insurance customers have downloaded the Babylon app, with the […]
Trusts to introduce new app to reduce asthma attacks
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the James Paget University Hospital are working with health tech supplier Aseptika to introduce a new app said to help reduce asthma attacks. The project aims to reduce hospital admissions for children and young people at high risk of an asthma attack and is open to […]
App supports healthcare worker mental health in new study from KCL
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London indicates that the mental health and wellbeing of frontline NHS healthcare workers can be supported and improved through use of the mental wellbeing app Koa Foundations. Designed by Koa Health, the app provides a library […]
Breast self-check device wins UK Dyson award
The winner of the UK James Dyson Award 2022 has been awarded to a device to assist women in performing monthly breast self-checks. Recent graduates of Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, Debra Babalola and Shefali Bohra, identified through their research that there […]
Kingston Hospital launches patient portal
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a patient portal as part of its five-year patient-first strategy. The portal provides patients with digital access to outpatient appointments and letters, the ability to reschedule appointments and complete pre-treatment questionnaires. The trust notes a longer-term vision for the portal to be accessed […]
NICE publishes draft guidance evaluation for smartphone-linked ECG device
NICE has published its first draft guidance from its early value assessment pilot project on a smartphone-linked ECG device for measuring cardiac QT interval in people having antipsychotic medication. The draft guidance, now subject to a consultation phase, focuses on the KardiaMobile application, a portable ECG device to provide readings on […]
Holly Health raises £1.4m and partners with Age UK
Holly Health, a digital health coach to support behaviour change, has raised £1.4 million in funding from investors. The funding will be used to support the company’s work into sustainable behavioural change across populations and to tailor its digital health coach for healthy ageing support. Age UK Lewisham and Southwark has partnered […]
