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Samsung’s Xealth acquisition to harness wearables data for preventative care and patient empowerment

Samsung is set to acquire Xealth, a healthcare integration platform, in a move to “unify fragmented health information and to empower individuals to take control of their own health”. By combining Samsung’s wearables capabilities and Xealth’s platform, the acquisition will reportedly bring together home health monitoring and clinical decision-making to […]

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International news in brief: health representatives gather to discuss AI, new cyber security framework in Abu Dhabi, Nova Scotia-based health app

Let’s take a look at some of the latest international health tech news stories that have caught our eye recently. Nova Scotia-based health app introduces imaging reports for patients  Recent updates to the YourHealthNS app have meant that patients in Nova Scotia now have direct access to mammogram, MRI, CT […]

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Notts Care Record goes live with GPRCC and eHealthscope data

Interweave has announced that GPRCC (General Practice Repository for Clinical Care) and eHealthscope data has gone live in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire shared care record, taking them one step closer to completing the first phase of data development. The introduction of the GPRCC and eHealthscope data is said to combine […]

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VitalHub acquires Novari Health Inc’s referral management solutions

The healthcare software company, VitalHub has announced its acquisition of the Canadian-based provider of patient flow solutions, Novari Health Inc, with the aim to “enhance value for customers and establish VitalHub as a leader in the referral management market”. The acquisition of Novari plans to “strengthen VitalHub’s leading position in […]

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NHS patient safety review finds “relatively small improvements” despite deployment of “considerable resources” and insufficient use of NHS data

A review commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care into six organisations overseeing the safety of care has been completed, with Dr Penny Dash publishing ten main findings and a total of nine recommendations. Headline findings include that despite a shift toward safety and “considerable resources […]

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Patients Know Best launches population health management engine to support NHS in accelerating clinical trials

Patients Know Best (PKB), the personal health record platform, has announced the launch of its population health management (PHM) engine. Designed to support NHS organisations and clinical research organisations in accelerating clinical trial recruitment, the new capability aims to assist in meeting new government targets set for March 2026. The […]