Bond Digital Health, which develops software and other technology to support health providers, practitioners and patients, has received a private equity investment of £200,000 in addition to a £68,583 grant from Innovate UK. The £200,000 equity investment, which was advised by Severn Seed Finance, is part of a planned £1million funding round for 2018 and […]
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Devon Partnership chooses UKCloud Health
UKCloud Health has announced the successful completion of a collaboration with Devon Partnership NHS Trust to implement My Flu Jab App, a cloud-based app developed by the trust to support staff during the winter flu period. The app, which was developed by the informatics team at the trust, and is […]
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do. That could soon change thanks to new, miniaturized sensors developed by researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering that, when […]
HTN Digital Week launched
HTN is delighted to launch HTN Digital Week, a week to celebrate, share and showcase your work across healthcare technology. Utilising digital channels including webinars / scheduled online seminars, ebooks, opinion pieces, social media, discussions, questions and answers, blogs and videos, HTN Digital Week will provide everyone with an opportunity […]
The Edinburgh Clinic becomes first private clinic in Scotland to offer pioneering eye surgery
The Edinburgh Clinic, one of Scotland’s leading private day-case hospitals, has become the first Scottish private healthcare facility to offer the CyPass Micro-Stent for glaucoma treatment. One of the most common causes of irreversible blindness, glaucoma affects 2% of Scots aged over 40 and is the name given to a […]
Care Quality Commission investigates the private online market
The Care Quality Commission has been investigating the private online market over the past 18 months and has identified 35 companies running services in England. Recently the BBC reported of which 13 were found to breach safety standards and 5 had stopped trading following the launch of the investigation by […]
WeMa Life launches online marketplace
WeMa Life, an online marketplace and app, has been launched to take the pain out of sourcing, booking and paying for health, care and wellbeing services. Users can book social care; domiciliary care; nursing; domestic help; personal care and hygiene; massages; yoga and Pilates instructors; nutritionists; physiotherapists; personal trainers; and […]
NHS England announces roadmap: empower the person
A new roadmap has been published by NHS England which illustrates projects that will help NHS patients take control of their health and care through access to digital tools. The new roadmap can be viewed here > The plans confirm a new app to provide secure access to online health services […]
NHS Informatics Merseyside enables digital innovation with Sunrise Software
Sunrise Software, a leading supplier of IT service management software has announced that NHS Informatics Merseyside is using Sunrise ITSM as a platform for automation, innovation and greater efficiency, helping its 18,000 users to focus on patient care. With one of the largest IT service desks in the NHS, Informatics Merseyside handles […]
VitalityHealth launches new Vitality GP service
VitalityHealth has launched a new Vitality GP service which transforms the health insurer’s capability to deliver class-leading primary care benefits that members can access quickly and easily. VitalityHealth is now the only organisation offering and funding three choices of GP access for every member – face-to-face, video-call and 24-hour phone […]
