Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust recently announced its partnership with Agilisys to integrate a state-of-the-art data platform programme that will enable the Trust to effectively drive the digitisation of its care provision. Treating over 1.5 million patients each year, including over 200,000 emergency patients, Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest Trusts in the […]
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Newsweek’s World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2021 Humanitas ranked first Italian hospital
Out of 250 hospitals from 26 different countries, assessed according to the level of digital integration, development of remote services and use of Artificial Intelligence, Humanitas ranks first among Italians. An ongoing trend accelerated by the pandemic, and which will increasingly represent the future of healthcare. IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas was ranked 1st among Italian […]
HealthTech Festival 2021
CELEBRATING EUROPE’S HEALTHCARE STARS AND STARTUPS An interactive one-day digital event that brings together: industry’s disruptors decision makers and brightest minds as speakers From the MEDICAL, LIFE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY sectors. For discovering how blended technology and innovation will SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE. Join us on 15 June 2021 VIRTUAL from anywhere in the world! Link […]
Swedish group Doktor24 raises €40 million for European expansion and platform development
Doktor24 Group, consisting of digital health company Platform24 and care provider Doktor24, has announced that it has raised around €40m in a latest funding round that will allow it to expand in Europe and further develop its solution. Founded in 2016, the Stockholm-based group promised to create accessible and sustainable care with a focus on […]
Google strikes deal with hospital chain to use patient data to develop healthcare algorithms
The company will access and store anonymised data from patients’ medical records and Internet-connected medical devices. The collaboration will allow Google to access anonymous patient records from HCA, which operates 181 hospitals and more than 2,000 healthcare sites in 21 states, to develop healthcare algorithms for the channel. The data will be used to develop […]
Smith+Nephew and Huma partner to launch a remote patient monitoring app that revolutionizes the landscape of orthopaedic surgery in the UK.
Earlier this month, global medical technology company Smith+Nephew and leading healthcare technology company Huma announced their collaboration to develop their remote patient monitoring service for orthopaedic surgery. Ramsay West Midlands Hospital and Spire Bushey Hospital are currently piloting the app with their patients, while ten other hospitals (NHS and private) are expected to test the […]
HealthHero acquires Qare to propel itself into the top tier of European telehealth companies
Earlier this month, HealthHero announced the acquisition of Qare, a Paris-based telehealth pioneer backed by Kamet Ventures, Europe’s leading healthcare investor. Founded in 2016, Qare has since its inception transformed access to healthcare in France through an optimal combination of medical expertise and digital innovation. Following the acquisition of Doctopsy in 2020, it has been […]
European Healthtech is put on the map, through forward-thinking VC Karista
Venture capital firm Karista has published a European mapping of digital health investment funds in response to the growing demand for investment in the sector. With more than 626 companies active in the digital health sector, 63% of which were founded in the last five years, the e-health mapping was published by Karista in order […]
HealthTech Europe is a proud networking partner of the 2021 edition of Wired Health
We are happy to announce that HealthTech Europe is a proud networking partner of the 2021 edition of WIRED HEALTH. The 4th edition will be a two days business digital conference to be held within 17-18 March 2021.
AI Has Proven Its Value In Health Care: But How Do We Use It Safely And Effectively?
It is often pointed out that artificial intelligence has proven its ability to transform the way tasks are carried out within the NHS. However, in order to fully exploit the value of AI, action needs to be taken by both the organisation and staff. This is what Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of the NHS Digital Academy […]