12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (555+ words) Healthcare technology company Streamwave has launched its Patient Check-in platform at Northwick Park Hospital’s Emergency Department, following an initial deployment at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. The cloud-based software allows emergency department patients to initiate their care registration and triage…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (596+ words) Headline figures only ever tell part of the story, and that’s certainly the case when it comes to investment in femtech. Recent research that we conducted has revealed that investment in the UK femtech sector has increased substantially over the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (847+ words) Healthcare AI is learning to do more than record what a patient says or measure what their body does. Systems can analyse voice, gaze, movement, response time and physiological signals, then infer distress, fatigue, pain, confusion, declining attention or cognitive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (747+ words) Healthcare workers have never had access to more technology. Prescribing platforms, scheduling tools, patient records and internal messaging are all designed to make everyday tasks easier. But when healthcare employees spend more time switching between systems than using them, it…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (758+ words) Tech-enabled home healthcare provider Care Safe plans to transition into a franchise model to accelerate the UK-wide expansion of its care platform. Launched in August 2023, the company provides direct-to-doorstep healthcare solutions – including primary care, social care, non-emergency patient transport and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (207+ words) Doctors are increasingly using technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to reduce their administrative burdens, improve efficiency and create more time for their patients, according to a report published by the General Medical Council (GMC). Pressures remain, however. More than four…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (546+ words) AI adoption is moving at very different speeds across sectors. Technology and financial services are leading, the professional services arena is advancing rapidly, and manufacturers are increasingly deploying AI in response to labour and skills shortages. Healthcare, however, risks falling…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (764+ words) Here is a number I keep coming back to: 31 days. That is the median time it took the FDA to clear an update to an AI tool that helps spot polyps during a colonoscopy. Not to approve it from scratch....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (559+ words) Healthcare Today William Ban, co-founder and chief operating officer of HiMedi, explains what the NHS could learn from a checkup centre in Seoul. The first time I walked into a Seoul health checkup centre, I expected something like an annual…...