Hospital Pledges to ‘Axe the Fax’ by End of Year
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, in the UK, has embarked on a mission to remove 95% of its fax machines by 1st January 2019. The…
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Making Home Care a Digital Therapeutic
By Dr Jamie Wilson is a U.K. based dementia specialist and founder/CEO of hometouch We are facing a global care crisis, fuelled by ageing populations,…
Bioprinting Holds Wealth of Promise for Future of Healthcare
In June 2018, US-based biotech company BIOLIFE4D successfully demonstrated its ability to 3D bioprint human cardiac tissue in patch form in just a few days,…
Latest Issue: Embracing Disruptive Innovation
The theory of Disruptive Innovation involves turning expensive, complex, inaccessible products and services into simpler and more affordable ones, and as such, healthcare as an…
£30m Global Cardiovascular Challenge Launched
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched the Big Beat Challenge, a unique research funding award that will bring together world-leading researchers and innovators to identify…
NHS Trusts not Discouraging WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and other Consumer Apps
The majority of England’s acute trusts have no policy to discourage consumer instant messaging tools, whilst many hospitals provide no alternative, research finds. A substantial…
Bluetooth World 2018 to Showcase the Next 20 Years of Commercial and Industrial Wireless Innovation
At the fifth annual Bluetooth World event in Santa Clara, California, Bluetooth will display the next wave of revolutionary wireless solutions for consumer, commercial, and…
How Bluetooth can Work Alongside Complementary Technologies to Provide Peace of Mind to Families around the World
Today, over 40 million seniors with dementia are living around the world. One of the common problems of the dreadful disease is that those with…
Diabetes Tech to be a Key Focus of DPC2018
“The time to be technology laggards is over,” says Dr Partha Kar, DPC2018 keynote speaker and National Associate Clinical Director Diabetes, NHS England, in his…
ABHI Develops Strong US Support Strategy for UK HealthTech Industry
The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) is offering UK companies the opportunity to take part in a number of US-based activities designed to help…