Careology, a digital cancer care platform, has launched a new tool to support clinicians to remotely monitor their cancer patients’ health in real-time. The development provides clinicians with previously unavailable patient health data and insights from wearable devices and the Careology app. The company said it will help clinicians pro-actively […]
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RIVIAM awarded Innovate UK funding to enhance social prescribing platform
Innovate UK has awarded RIVIAM £48,450 in funding to support further development of its new social prescribing platform. The platform is currently being used in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) by Virgin Care, BaNES Council and third sector organisations, including Age UK BaNES, Citizens Advice BaNES and Bath Mind. […]
Ireland donates COVID Tracker app to Linux Foundation Public Health initiative
Ireland’s Health Service Executive has announced the code for its COVID-19 Tracker app will be donated as Open Source to Linux Foundation Public Health initiative. The move is hoped to help regions worldwide quickly build and deploy their own contact tracing apps. In Ireland 1 million people installed the app […]
Welsh health tech company launches free outsourced medical reporting service
A Cardiff-based technology company, Medi2data, has launched a free outsourced medical reporting service for GP practices. The company provides free software and services to support practices, PCNs and federations supply GDPR‐compliant digital Subject to Access Requests (SARs) and patient reports to insurers, solicitors and other third parties. Richard Freeman, CEO, Medi2data, […]
Epipole secures £1.5 million investment
A video retinal imaging device, from Epipole, has raised £1.5 million in funding to market its solution. The patented technology enables clinicians to scan the retina using real-time video and then extract high quality images for further examination. The small, hand held device, is said to be ideal for diseases such […]
NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry launches
A new NHS service has been launched today to enable people to sign up to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials. The service allows people to sign up to inform researchers they are happy to be contacted to take part in these studies. Researchers have opened the call seeking people from […]
Telemedicine robots support Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey
Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital are utilising telemedicine robots during COVID-19 for clinicians to be virtually on the ward, without needing to be in the room, or hospital. Clinicians have been using new telemedicine robots, funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, to treat young patients. Paediatric and […]
New app to support County Durham and Darlington cancer patients
A new app is to be rolled-out by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to support patients during and following cancer treatment. The app has been developed by Health Call and technology provider Inhealthcare. The project has been funded by the Northern Cancer Alliance, with content developed by the Macmillan […]
Boots offers people living with cancer free access to video consultations
Boots has announced it will offer a new online consultation service for free to those affected by cancer. Through a video consultation, using the Livi platform, people will be able to speak to a trained healthcare professional for free, a service that would usually cost £39. Boots, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer […]
Imperial College highlights text message reminders in cervical screening uptake
Research from a team at Imperial College London has shown sending a text message reminder can lead to more women taking up cervical screening. The findings also indicate the approaches and language used in the text messages can support greater uptake. The research has been published in the journal Preventive Medicine following a […]
