A new app has been launched to facilitate at-home eye screening for children and adults in Cambridgeshire. A collaboration between Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Healthy Child programme screening team, Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council has resulted in the launch of an app for people who may have missed eye […]
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Zavfit, A Groundbreaking Mental Health App, Is Set To Launch In 2021
The first company to identify money-related stress as a health issue, Zavfit is working to launch an app focused on improving individual health and happiness. Following a successful funding round, the company is ready to launch the first full beta version of its app. With money concerns currently the number one cause of mental health […]
Viz.Ai Set to Expand its AI-Based Intelligent Care Coordination Through $71 Million Series C Round Led by Scale Venture Partners and Insight Partners.
Scale Venture Partners and Insight Partners led this $71 million Series C round, enabling Viz.ai to deliver on its plans to expand AI-driven intelligent care coordination beyond Strokei8. Earlier this month, Viz.ai announced a promising investment round led by Scale Venture Partners and Insight Partner and seconded by Greenoaks, Kleiner Perkins, Threshold Ventures, CRV, Innovation […]
Amazon Enters Healthcare Market with Telehealth App Available in 21 Plus States
Amazon is quietly expanding into the $3.8 trillion medical sector by growing its telehealth branch, initially developed and available as a pilot service for Seattle-area employees and their families. The tech giant has filed paperwork to operate in 21 additional states, showing its ambition to roll out its telehealth arm. Launched a year ago, Amazon […]
New AI study for breast cancer treatment funded by Google Health
Google Health and Northwestern Medicine have joined forces to launch a new research study to explore whether AI models could be used to reduce the time to diagnosis of breast cancer. With 10-15% of mammograms requiring additional diagnostic review, the two partners are counting on AI technology to help prioritize mammograms that require further review […]
Roche and Diabeloop partner to launch automated insulin delivery solution
Roche‘s Accu-Check insulin pump will integrate with the Diabeloop monitoring system as part of a promising partnership between the two companies. In keeping with industry innovation, Swiss Pharma Roche’s insulin pump will enable automated insulin delivery through its partnership with French AI company Diabeloop. The collaboration is expected to provide patients with a comprehensive solution […]
Hospital Overcrowding In The Midlands Addressed Through Innovative App
Dudley CCG has implemented a digital remote care solution including a smartphone application developed by the Norwegian medical software company Dignio to optimise the remote care of COVID patients. The MyDignio application is designed to help patients stay safely at home and therefore helps to minimise hospital admissions. It is also capable of alerting clinical […]
AI Smartphone App To Break New Ground In Kidney Disease Detection
Hundreds of patients across the UK will soon benefit from the launch of a new artificial intelligence smartphone App that can help detect the early stages of kidney disease. This visionary application, developed by Healthy.io, transforms a smartphone’s camera into a clinical-grade tool for the early self-detection of kidney disease before allowing patients to communicate […]
Digital Innovation in Healthcare: What Are The Next Steps?
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 […]
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 […]