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“The irony of this is we launched the MindYourself App and I totally reached burnout” panellists discuss healthy digital innovation – htn

  • April 28, 2023
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On 20 April, we attended Bruntwood Sci-Tech’s event on healthy digital innovation, which featured a panel of speakers with unique and varied experience across psychological and digital tech sectors. Speakers included Dr Jan Smith, psychologist and creator of the MindYourself App; Alex La Via, founder of Live More Offline; and Tim Brazier, managing director at Thrive by Design. […]

How electric school buses will keep Canadians warm during emergencies

  • April 28, 2023
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Prince Edward Island has enlisted the help of Lion Electric‘s electric school buses to provide power in the event of emergencies, to keep community disaster relief locations running when the power goes out. Lion Electric is a Canadian-based electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer that primarily produces the classic North American yellow school bus. Based […]

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NHS blueprinting team, Gloucestershire Hospitals and Polygeist on using AI to tackle length of stay – htn

  • April 28, 2023
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At HTN: AI and Data, we were joined by members of the NHS England blueprinting team for a discussion on the blueprinting programme, and a project from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust in partner with Polygeist. Joining us were Andrew Freeman (programme manager of the blueprinting programme at NHS England); Sarah Hammond (deputy CIO at Gloucestershire […]

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“Digital teams are the cornerstone of building a truly digital organisation” NHS Providers on effectively embedding digital into your trust – htn

  • April 28, 2023
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A guide to embedding digital in organisations has been developed and shared by NHS Providers and Public Digital as part of the Digital Boards programme, which aims to build board understanding of the potential and implications of the digital agenda, ultimately increasing confidence and capability to harness opportunities. The guide covers six main areas for […]

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Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes GP practices lead the way in supporting patients living with type 2 diabetes through innovative programme – Digital Health Technology News

  • April 28, 2023
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Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes GP practices are leading the way in supporting patients living with type 2 diabetes through the innovative Healthy Living Programme. Healthy Living is a free online service designed to provide advice and information to people living with type 2 diabetes, to help them better manage their condition. As part of […]

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TympaHealth raises over £18 million – htn

  • April 28, 2023
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TympaHealth, a digitised ear and hearing health assessment tool, has raised over £18 million in Series A funding, led by Octopus Ventures. The tech is described as bringing “together three different diagnostic and treatment tools into one hand-held portable system” as a digital otoscope, microsuction system and hearing assessment tool to form a digital hearing health record. […]

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Roundup: AI cardiac solutions startup Tricog scores $9M funding and more briefs

  • April 28, 2023
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Tricog snaps up $9M funding for US expansion AI-based cardiac diagnosis solution provider Tricog has raised Rs 700 million ($8.5 million) in a Series B2 funding round led by Japanese institutions, Omron and Sony Innovation Fund. The round was also participated by the University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Inventus Partners, and Singapore’s SG Innovate.  The startup […]

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Roundup: HealthShare buys 1st Group’s MyHeath1st and more briefs

  • April 28, 2023
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1st Group sells MyHeath1st to HealthShare ASX-listed 1st Group has sold its human health bookings business to digital health firm HealthShare for A$1.25 million ($830,000).  According to corporate disclosure, 1st Group is divesting its healthcare service search and appointment bookings platform MyHealth1st to plug cash outflows while focusing its capital investments on its other businesses, […]

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New app personalises sleep cycle for hospital shift workers

  • April 28, 2023
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Researchers from Monash University’s Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health have developed a mobile app that helps personalise the sleep-wake cycle of hospital shift workers.  HOW IT WORKS The app called SleepSync entirely tailors a sleep-wake cycle to an individual user by taking into account their calendar for work and personal commitments and daily […]