Bringing the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Hearing Impaired
The first data gathered from the ground-breaking WIDEX EVOKE™ hearing aid, which achieves a new level of Artificial Intelligence through machine learning, is bringing new…
mHealth
Disruptive Technology in Dentistry – Rethinking the Model
By Dr Aalok Y Shukla New technologies mean new paradigms are possible. This raises questions: Can a health specialty evolve beyond its previous business model?…
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…
Digitalising Drug Information Results in Time Savings for NHS Clinicians
A year on from its launch, a medical app is helping to reduce the time it takes for clinicians to prescribe drugs to patients. The…
World’s First Hand-held Infrared Devices for COPD & Other Conditions
A hand-held device that would give early warning of ‘acute events’, and so avoid the hospitalisation of thousands of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
New AI Treatment for Low Back Pain Could Save the UK Billions Each Year
Low back pain (LBP) is an increasingly widespread and expensive condition worldwide, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified back pain as being the…
Italy’s First Digital-therapeutics Service for Blood Pressure Management
Improving lifestyle habits to help control risks related to hypertension is the goal of the partnership that Generali Welion, Generali Italy’s new company for services…
Remote Control
Emma-Jane Roberts, Managing Director, Spirit Digital, explores how remote monitoring could play a crucial role in re-engineering NHS pathways to cope with the growing problem…
Straight Teeth Direct Joins ‘Europe’s Hottest Startup Accelerator’
Straight Teeth Direct™, the technology platform that enables professional cosmetic teeth straightening at home, has been accepted into London based startup accelerator Founders Factory, as…
Biometrics Firm to Launch Universal ‘Selfie’-driven Healthcare in Nigeria
Biometrics platform SmilePass have partnered with Kwara State in Nigeria to launch a Universal Health Insurance Program that will bring primary medical care to the…