Introducing Medtech’s Underdogs to the World’s Champions
LA-based VC and entrepreneur, Paul Grand, left his investment job to set up a not-for-profit designed to matchmake between medtech start-ups and giants. Kathryn Reilly talks to him about the process...
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Healing the Ongoing Headache: A Doctor-developed App to Get the NHS Talking...
When Lydia Yarlott arrived at a large London hospital for her first day as a junior doctor she was ‘stunned’ to be added to a WhatsApp group. ‘That’s literally how you organise tasks, how you manage...
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PAYVIDERS: Part 1: The Rising Success of the PAYVIDER Market
Blends across payer and provider organizations have given rise to the term “PAYVIDERS”. Today, “PAYVIDERS” form in two main ways: Payers acquire healthcare providers turning providers into payers...
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The Sudden Shift in Connected Healthcare – A Review of the 2018 Connected...
The Connected Health Summit recently gathered leading executives and industry leaders in sunny San Diego, California. Parks Research Associates organized an event packed with people and creative...
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Five European Hotspots Where Medtech is Booming
Business still booms across the continent, as does innovation and R&D. Here we highlight some of the best places to interact with fellow medtech developers: 1. Berlin, Germany Population: 3.47...
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Patients Using Web-Based Information as Treatments, Including the Rise of...
Research studies have continued to show that people are receiving the majority of their health information from the internet and social media outlets. The Pew Research Center asked health and...
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Could Online Therapy Be a Good Idea for You?
It’s not hard to see why online counselling is growing in popularity. We now live in a technology dominated society; tech is a huge part of modern life – especially for millennials. Some may be...
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FHIR and Machine Learning (ML)
Nowadays healthcare is all about data. Different medical data are being continuously generated about each of us. Doctors and nurses create some of this data, but medical devices and wearables produce...
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The Role of Community Health Workers in a Fragmented Health System
Rural health development across the world is approaching a paradigm shift for accessing quality health services and seamless payment structures. Technology is closing the health information gap for...
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IoT for Asset Management and Tracking in Healthcare
The emergence of the Internet of things or IoT is the dawn of an era of the web enablement of the physical world. With the help of internet connectivity and a host of web devices and sensors, IoT has...
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The Success of Cognitive Based Therapy Through Mobile Devices
Busy schedules and lingering mental health stigmas are just a few of the many factors that contribute to the delay or utilization of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT). The American Psychological...
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My Happy PAT: A Game App for Helping Children With Cystic Fibrosis to Learn...
Cystic Fibrosis is the most common life-threating autosomal inherited disease in Europe incidence varying between 1:1.800 (Slovakia) and 1:25.000 (Finland) new-borns. Currently over 35.000 cases of CF...
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Transforming Mental Health with Digital
Jonathon Burton, web and digital services manager at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, talks about the Trust’s online therapeutic and social networking platform, initially designed for people...
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Wearables – The New Revolution in Digital Health
We are living in an era where smartphones have become an essential need for daily life tasks. The ease of carrying a powerful communication device with extensive computing capabilities has allowed...
View ArticleCan Regular Carpet Cleaning Benefit the Health of Your Family?
According to The Carpet and Rug Institute, anyone with carpet and rugs in their home should be cleaning them every 12 to 18 months at a minimum. While it might not be all that convenient to have to...
View ArticleBest Bereavement Gift Ideas – Including Plants
Most people can plan gifts in advance when it comes to birthdays and Christmas – all because it’s not an unexpected event. You know a birthday or Christmas will take place on the same day every year,...
View ArticleHow the Phone Can Help to Improve Efficiency in the NHS
The UK is one of the only countries in the world to be lucky enough to have an organisation that supports our health and wellbeing for free like the NHS. However, issues in its efficiency are arising...
View ArticleAdvantages of Augmented Technology in Healthcare
The Healthcare industry has undergone magnificent changes in the last decade thanks to evolving technological innovations. From CT Scans to Portable Wearables for better health monitoring and a...
View ArticleDeveloping an RPM Solution: Basic Questions to Ask
Remote Patient Monitoring, or RPM, is not a widespread technology yet. However, continuous, non-invasive and unobtrusive monitoring of patients’ vitals can become an extremely efficient tool,...
View ArticleNHS Tech – Why ‘Skype’ is Not the Answer
As the Government’s 10-year plan for the NHS reveals it aims to make digital consultations the norm, Dan Worman CEO of Refero, urges the healthcare sector to stop saying Skype when it means...
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