With the arrival of Covid-19 in the UK in early 2020, the healthcare sector has faced an urgent need for digital innovation which has also led to the adoption of new rules and regulations within the industry. The NHS and private hospitals immediately adapted to advanced technologies, which would otherwise have taken years to implement. In […]
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Machine Learning Optimises Lung Cancer Treatment Decisions
Researchers have developed a model that is 71% more accurate in predicting the survival expectancy of lung cancer patients. The results show that machine learning has the potential to assist health professionals in their decisions about treatment of the disease. The Penn State Great Valley research team conducted a study in which they developed a […]
Cancer Care Backlog is Being Countered by AI – Healthtech On The Frontline
With cancer cases on the rise, it is time to act. In 2020, COVID-19 brought forward a number of challenges to patient management, including the prioritisation of treatment plans for the virus, leading to significant delays in cancer care. But the drastic measures needed to address the current backlog could also put the health sector […]
DarioHealth Announces The Acquisition And $70 Million Funding Of Upright Technologies, A Leading Digital Musculoskeletal Company
The $213 billion musculoskeletal market’s challenges have caught the attention of DarioHealth, which is expanding its multi-conditional platform to create one of the most comprehensive digital health platforms on the market. DarioHealth Corp, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: DRIO), announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Upright Technologies Ltd, which specialises in digital […]
The First European Digital Ecosystem Dedicated to Healthtech Launched by Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali And Orange
On 25 January 2021, the project to create a joint venture in France to accelerate the development of innovative healthcare solutions and their delivery to patients was unveiled by Sanofi, Capgemini, Generali and Orange. The first project of this scale in Europe will enable cutting-edge scientific and technological expertise to join forces through a virtual […]
AI could tackle Racial Disparity in Health Care
The introduction of machine learning programmes in the health sector has drastically improved the process of diagnosis. With algorithms trained with patients’ reports finding what doctors may often overlook. —especially in Black patients. Research regarding the use of AI for the optimisation of health care develops algorithms through a form of automatise med school. By collecting […]
Modern Health Expands In The Healthtech Sector By Acquiring Digital Mental Health Startup Kip
For an undisclosed sum, Modern Health, a company specialising in mental health and wellness, revealed that it has acquired behavioural health startup Kip. Kip has developed a tool enabling clients to be digitally connected with qualified therapists. Once a patient is successfully matched, Kip’s hybrid treatment model is initiated. The client can meet the therapist […]
EU Cancer Beating Plan Costs €4 Billion
Beating Cancer plan is the new EU project with a global fund of €4 billion, in order to make more researches and their results to be used for a even better treatments of cancer patients. The main concept of this plan differs from the past one, because the priority will be on developing new research […]
Hounslow GP practices opt for Push doctor as a digital partner
GP practices in Hounslow have selected Push Doctor to be their digital partner. With support from the Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare (HRCH) NHS Trust, the move will give the community access to digital NHS GP appointments for more than 300,000 people. The system will allow patients direct access to schedule appointments from their smart […]
AI, ML and Big Data in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t a new idea, but it’s only in recent years that our technology has caught up to the point at which it has practical uses. We’re a long way away from true artificial intelligence like the human-like robots and computers that we see in science fiction movies, but we are at least […]