Imprivata has announced the acquisition of FairWarning Technologies, a provider of solutions to protect privacy and secure data stored in applications. In the US, 35% of healthcare systems are supported by the technology, helping healthcare organisations comply with regulations, protect sensitive data, and prevent insider threats. The platform ingests hundreds of data […]
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New sensor launched to diagnose sleep apnoea
A project supported by the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and £4.8M investment, has this week launched a new sensor said to diagnose sleep apnoea and associated sleep disorders using a device that sits on your chin. The device, Sunrise, is a certified medical smart sensor, to offer results […]
Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG launch local app library
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG has launched a health and wellbeing app library to support people in the region access approved apps. Supported by ORCHA, the health app advisor and evaluation organisation, the library helps to provide people make informed decisions on the best apps to use, and supports healthcare […]
Rare disease diagnosis programme launched across 45 GP practices
Health tech company Mendelian has partnered with Modality NHS Partnership to launch a programme to provide support for rare disease diagnosis for over 450,000 patients across 45 GP practices. Due to start in January 2021, Mendelian’s technology will support primary care diagnosis of rare disease, throughout Modality’s GP practice network. The technology […]
Clinical studies tech start-up uMed raises £3.7m
Health tech startup uMed has raised £3.7m in new funding for its solution that helps automate processes in running clinical studies. The latest funding follows a previous raises of £1m in October 2019 from Playfair Capital which continues as an investor in its latest round. The company now plans to use […]
New Turing fellows announced to develop AI tech
Fifteen researchers have been awarded Turing AI Acceleration fellowships, to develop artificial intelligence technologies. The technologies will be developed to combat cancer, support data modelling, cybersecurity and use AI tools with crowdsourced information to track the spread of infectious diseases. Named after AI pioneer Alan Turing, the fellowships are supported […]
How can we make the most of a rapidly digitalised landscape, whilst still looking after our NHS people?
By Niamh McKenna, Chief Information Officer, NHS Resolution As a Board Member at Skills for Health, I was thrilled to host their recent digital focussed event, ‘2020: A Catalyst for Rapid NHS Digital Transformation’. Joining panellists from NHS England & Improvement, Health Education England, and Microsoft, we looked to dissect […]
One digital front door; revitalise your weight loss programme with ShapeUp4Life
By Solutions 4 Health The association between excess weight and poor outcomes with COVID-19 has led to even greater pressure on public health organisations to deliver successful weight loss programmes; ShapeUp4Life presents an effective solution to this long-standing problem, and now offers digital programmes to support services. The well-established relationship […]
Somerset NHS deploys quality and compliance software
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a software platform from Radar Healthcare to help with quality, compliance and risk management. The tool brings together operational and regulatory processes to help identify live incidents, mitigate risks and use real-time information to support safety. In April 2020, Somerset Partnership merged with […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ picks Restart for technical integrations
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has chosen ReStart to provide technical consulting, managed services and integration solutions. The trust will use the solution from Restart to migrate over 170 interfaces from a previous solution to InterSystems’ Health Connect. ReStart has also been contracted to provide 24hr managed services […]
