Moving to remote consultations to reduce the risk of COVID-19
A new study has examined how GPs in the UK coped with the rapid shift to remote consultations in a bid to help reduce...
Detecting burnout through sweat with a wearable sensor
A newly developed wearable sensor could soon help to detect whether someone has reached the point of ‘burnout’ by measuring cortisol levels in sweat.
The...
New spinal improvement partnership aims to ensure patient safety
A new spinal improvement partnership in the UK aims to ensure medical products are safe and effective for patients.
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust...
Kidney disease detection to be revolutionised with new AI smartphone app
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) smartphone app that can help detect kidney disease earlier is set to benefit hundreds of patients in the UK.
Developed...
Innovation and digital growth in the health, housing, and social care sectors
Legrand Assisted Living & Healthcare CEO Chris Dodd explores the benefits of the digital premium for the health, housing, and social care sectors.
Legrand Assisted...
Launch of UK’s first ‘Pharmacy First’ digital health service
The UK will see the launch of its first ever pharmacy-first digital health service in a partnership between Well Pharmacy and Push Doctor.
Well Pharmacy...
Transforming and digitalising the future for healthcare businesses
Astrocytia founder and CEO Brian Thomsen tells HEQ about best practice in healthcare digital transformation.
Founded in 2018, Danish firm Astrocytia is dedicated to promoting...
UK life expectancy decreased after 2008 financial crisis
A new study has shown that life expectancy in the UK declined following the 2008 financial crisis, and that the COVID-19 pandemic is expected...
Endometrial cancer and Parkinson’s Disease projects receive €3m
EIT Health has extended support to two innovator teams following its 2020 Wild Card programme, selecting MiMARK and Orbit Health, which will be carrying...
Using real-world evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
Ashley Jaksa and Nicolas Deltour of Aetion, Inc explain how global biopharma, regulators, and health technology assessments use real-world evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
Ingenious safety device watches over patients on haemodialysis
Redsense Medical’s site monitoring innovation delivers improved safety and quality of life for patients in clinics and at home.
Redsense Medical is a medical device...
Predicting cardiovascular risk with Artificial Intelligence
An automated Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm is using deep learning to predict damaging cardiovascular events such as heart attacks.
Using CT imaging scans, the AI...
Health technology can reduce administrative burden on frontline services
In early 2020 the UK health secretary Matt Hancock reaffirmed that the appropriate use of technology would be ‘critical’ to the future of the...
Huge ethnic minority health inequalities revealed in new UK study
The most extensive study to be carried out in England looking at ethnic minority health has revealed huge inequalities.
Carried out by the University of...
Scale up of healthcare innovations for low- and middle-income countries
A strategic Collaborative Agreement to support the scaling up of healthcare innovations in low- and middle-income countries has been signed between the World Health...
AIDA Diagnostics: when blood meets Artificial Intelligence
AIDA Diagnostics presents an AI-powered smart assistant to enable crucial decision-making in blood transfusions.
Two young doctors set out with one dream: to help themselves...
Oval Medical Technologies – Meeting the challenge of delivering high volume biologic therapies
The development of new biologic drugs and enabling a flexible autoinjector platform for the delivery of high viscosity or high-volume biologic formulations.
Remote blood pressure management effective and low-cost
Remote monitoring of blood pressure can offer personalised support and can result in better hypertension management than face-to-face consultations according to a new study.
A...
Digital health innovation in multiple sclerosis care
icometrix is committed to democratising the personalised management of multiple sclerosis through digital health innovation
New Oxford University institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
A £100m donation from Ineos will create a new state of the art institute for antimicrobial research.
The world leading Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI) will...
