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How telehealth technology prevents COVID-19 transmission
Doctor Christopher Oseh, freelance medical writer at Kolabtree, explains the role of telehealth in preventing the transmission of COVID-19.
The global incidence of coronavirus infection...
New digital innovation project set to benefit thousands of UK patients
A new, £1.7m digital project for GP surgeries is set to benefit thousands of patients in East Hertfordshire and West Essex.
A ‘full fibre’ broadband...
Reimagining blockchain for healthcare solutions with the MAXathon
Blockchain experts and developers will be participating in a hackathon to reimagine blockchain for healthcare solutions.
Blockchain technology company Maxonrow is hosting its first ever...
Global hackathon launched for COVID-19 technology solutions
Developers from across the globe are competing in the Better Health Hackathon: #CodeforCOVID19 to crowdsource technology innovations to help find solutions to tackle the...
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital harnesses innovative healthcare
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust will be utilising innovative healthcare delivery with the use of Insight’s Fast Start service and Microsoft’s mixed reality...
Winter is coming: prepare your frontline workers with Quinyx
Quinyx is a mobile-first workforce management solution that can help Care Homes Managers optimise their rosters and become more efficient in delivering care.
The impact...
Using Horizon 2020 as a platform for healthcare innovation
More than €10bn of funding is available to help innovators across the European Union meet their specific health research and needs.
Horizon 2020 is the...
Telemedicine: do not leave the digitally excluded behind
Telemedicine is set to outlast the COVID-19 pandemic according to mental health care experts, however, they have cautioned that this should be balanced with...
Laboratory automation: exploring the benefits and challenges
In this article, Todd Graham, a freelance scientist at Kolabtree, discusses the benefits and challenges of laboratory automation.
Automation has transformed laboratories over the past...
Innovating healthcare with remote treatment for COVID-19 recovery
A new project is looking at the best ways to deliver remote treatment for people with long-term physical conditions, and those recovering from COVID-19.
As...
Rare diseases: innovation, collaboration, and genomics
Professor Hackett discusses public-private collaboration, secure data sharing, and the potential of genomic sequencing for the treatment of rare diseases.
Professor Joanne Hackett, General Partner,...
Community health, elderly care, and technology
HEQ explores technology solutions for health and elderly care.
According to figures produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), 20% of the world’s population will...
Rising to the challenge of patient safety in a new era
Proactive patient safety and risk prevention are key to helping healthcare organisations surveil and mitigate global and local risks.
Currently, the world is in crisis...
Remote patient monitoring: medical IoT as-a-Service from Medisanté
How can providers streamline the collection of patient data remotely while protecting patients’ privacy?
Swiss innovation champion Medisanté aims to streamline the collection and collation...
Organising healthcare services with blockchain
We need to explore blockchain as a new way to organise healthcare services.
The potential of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the healthcare...
Three new diagnostic kits launched for COVID-19 and respiratory illnesses
Three new diagnostic kits have been launched to help with the diagnosis of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.
BATM, a leading provider of real-time technologies...
How the response to the pandemic is shaping the future of healthcare
In this article, ER physician Dr Ajala Ngarndi discusses how the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the future of the healthcare sector...
EIT Health Wild Card winner attracts $1m from Microsoft M12 and Mayfield
EIT Health Wild Card winner, iLoF (Intelligent Lab on Fiber), has announced that it has secured $1m (USD) in investment from Microsoft’s Venture Fund,...
Improving patient safety in the NHS with point-of-care scanning
A new report has highlighted how point-of-care scanning in the NHS can help to improve patient safety, saving the NHS millions of pounds.
Six NHS...
Can this smart risk assessment tool protect clinical staff from COVID-19?
Intelligent automation firm Rainbird has made its risk assessment technology free to NHS England trusts until 24 July in a bid to help protect...
