A former NHS Manager who co-founded Visionable a video collaboration platform has raised £9.1m in funding. The technology provides clinicians, paramedics and healthcare professionals with secure video conferencing designed for sharing clinical information and imaging. The new investment values the company at £47.6m and the raise was led by West Hill […]
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The Executive Patient Flow Summit – key themes and outcomes
What has now become one of the most exclusive annual healthcare planning calendar dates, The Draper & Dash hosted Executive Patient Flow Summit is indeed a work of art, led by its charismatic and straight-talking CEO and former NHS executive – Orlando Agrippa and his care-oriented team. The summit gathers […]
Accenture study highlights UK leading on AI investments
According to a new European study from Accenture, UK government organisations are leading on artificial intelligence investment. Accenture surveyed 300 government executives and IT decision-makers in five European countries —Finland, France, Germany, Norway and the UK — to gather their views on AI and the impact of AI technologies on their […]
UK start-up raises £19.3m
The UK based start-up Medopad has raised £19.3m investment led by Bayer to further develop its digital health platform. The capital will be used for clinical studies including digital biomarker discovery, creation of digital therapeutics, technology development, geographic expansion and commercial growth through strategic collaborations. Dan Vahdat, founder and CEO of […]
£56m radiotherapy research network announced
Cancer Research UK has launched a new network called RadNet to form a global hub for radiotherapy research. The hub will research the latest techniques such as FLASH radiotherapy and artificial intelligence, combining seven centres of excellence across the country: the Universities of Cambridge, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford, the Cancer Research […]
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT opens CHIME International UK Chapter
The BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has officially opened the CHIME International UK Chapter. It means that BCS member will have access to online resources and the CHIME Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) qualification programme. Members will be able to study for and take the CHIME Healthcare CIO examination joining an international cadre […]
NHSX publishes state of AI in healthcare report
NHSX, the body responsible for delivering the Health Secretary’s Tech Vision has today published a new report on the state of AI in healthcare. The report highlights where the organisation sees practical examples for AI and what the organisation is doing to build ethics and transparency into the use of AI. […]
Facebook expands news tool in US connecting people with health resources
Facebook has launched a range of tools to connect users to local providers, recommended preventive tests, checkups and where to give blood when banks are in need. To support blood banks Facebook has launched a feature in the US, India, Brazil, Bangladesh and Pakistan that makes it easy to sign up […]
NHS Tayside and Inhealthcare partner to roll out nutritional health tech
Over 100 care homes in Scotland are set to benefit from a new digital pathway to provide nutritional support. It is designed to improve the health and wellbeing of residents and reduce any inappropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements. NHS Scotland has said malnutrition and dehydration have substantial adverse effects […]
European Space Agency awards contract to Spirit Digital
Spirit Digital has been awarded a European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications and SpaceSolutions contract and funding to develop its digital remote monitoring health platform. The platform provides real-time location-based satellite air quality data, which helps patients with respiratory conditions to monitor their long-term condition and make empowered decisions about how they […]
