Artistgndphotography | E+ | Getty Images Most Americans see climate change as a major threat. But income level seems to guide one’s willingness or ability to live a greener lifestyle. Fifty-nine percent of high-income consumers always or often choose sustainable products, whereas that’s true for only 44% and 42% of mid- and low-income households, respectively, […]
In an ideal version of this coming winter, the United States would fully revamp its approach to respiratory disease. Pre-pandemic, fall was just a time for flu shots, if that. Now, hundreds of millions of Americans have at their fingertips vaccines that can combat three cold-weather threats at once: flu, COVID, and, for a subset […]
An NHS England pilot at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) to give patients and their carers more flexibility over their follow-up appointments is now benefitting more than 30,000 patients. Embedding Patient Initiated Follow Up (PIFU) in outpatients is allowing a personalised approach to follow-up care and has avoided 29,000 unnecessary appointments in one year. A partnership […]
In a recent blog post, Google Cloud’s global director for healthcare strategy and solutions Aashima Gupta and head of health AI Greg Corrado highlight how three early adopters have used Google’s generative AI Med-PaLM 2 to support their organisations, through standardising processes, supporting creation of medical documentation, and more. Med-PaLM is a “large language model […]
EV conversion specialist Electrogenic is back, showcasing its latest electrification of a classic vehicle. This time, the company truly rolled back the clock in converting a 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II into an EV – describing it as its most complex conversion yet. Check this thing out. Electrogenic is an EV conversion specialist based in the […]
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust selected Ergotron’s CareFit Combo System for their new emergency department to deliver quality and efficiency when patients need it most. The emergency department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was built in the 1970s to accommodate 50,000 patients annually. Now clinicians are treating more than 100,000 patients per year— many with complex conditions and care needs. […]
NHS England has published a blog post by Ming Tang, chief data and analytics officer at NHS England, to highlight it expects to announce the successful supplier for its procurement of software to connect data across the NHS in a “federated data platform” in autumn. Considering the case for ensuring that every part of the […]
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) has been awarded the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for ensuring our overseas nurses, midwives and Allied Health Professionals receive a warm and supportive welcome. NHS England wrote to the Trust to recognise its international recruitment work and its commitment to providing high-quality pastoral care to internationally educated nurses […]
You may know of EGO POWER from the company’s electric lawn care tools, such as their extensive line of mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, and more. But now we’re seeing something that looks like a lot more fun than the rest of the company’s work-focused catalog – an electric mini bike. The creatively named EGO […]
UltraSight has announced that the FDA has granted clearance for its AI-powered ultrasound guidance technology, which is designed to “assist medical professionals without sonography experience in acquiring cardiac ultrasound images at the point of care in multiple settings”, with the aim of supporting detection of heart disease and providing patients with easier access to cardiac […]
