Tesla is expecting its Powerwall to become an even bigger difference maker for homeowners with solar in California following a net metering change. California changed its net metering rules starting this week. The new Net Billing Tariff (NBT), sometimes referred to as NEM 3.0, is now the new solar billing policy, and it basically results in […]
The chief executive of British power firm SSE says a rapid build-out of renewable projects can help the U.K. to secure its energy security and bring costs down for consumers. “Consumers everywhere across Europe have seen prices rise significantly,” SSE CEO Alistair Phillips-Davies told CNBC’s Arabile Gumede from the firm’s Viking Wind Farm in the […]
Scotland’s Health and Social Care Data Strategy has an ambitious vision of empowering individuals and providers with timely access to high-quality data, and the key to realising this vision lies in digital solutions. NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Trauma and Orthopaedics (T&O) department adopted Pathpoint eTrauma, a cloud-based platform for trauma workflow management. To obtain valuable […]
The NHS Western Isles Health Board (NHS Western Isles) is responsible for providing healthcare to a population of approximately 26,720, spread over 280 towns and villages. The Health Board employs over 1,000 staff, has three main hospitals and works in conjunction with mainland Health Boards and other organisations, including local authority and voluntary organisations, to […]
North West London NHS Trust has published its five-year strategy this month, developed to respond to the changing needs of its local community, with a “major focus on tackling local health inequalities”. It sets out five strategic priorities, to focus on collaboration and system leadership; population health, inequalities and co-production; putting people first; innovation in […]
Epic and Microsoft have announced a collaboration this week to integrate and develop generative AI capabilities into the Epic electronic health record. The organisations announced the news at HIMSS in Chicago, noting their plans to combine the Azure OpenAI Service with the Epic EHR. One of the first solutions being developed aims to deploy enhancements […]
Marketing is not just for retail, food, and fashion brands. Advertising, marketing, and public relations are valuable tools across industries. This is increasingly true for the life sciences industry. In fact, digital content marketing is one of the best ways to connect with today’s scientists, researchers, healthcare practitioners, and investors. According to a survey from […]
Scan.com, a healthcare referral and digital platform for booking and receiving medical scan results, has raised over £9 million in Series A funding. The funding is said to facilitate new product development for UK insurance pathways and to scale-up the company’s operations to five additional US states. Based in London and Atlanta, the diagnostic imaging company […]
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT has launched a pilot of a medical device hoped to support Parkinson’s disease inpatients in significantly improving their movement. The body-worn device developed in Cambridge will now be offered to Parkinson’s disease inpatients at the trust. Called the CUE1, the device is commonly worn on the sternum, to deliver “specialised […]
To simultaneously tackle the economic crisis and bolster the social care sector, leading home healthcare provider Cera has announced ambitious hiring targets for this year through a new jobs programme beginning this month Creating 10,000 new jobs across the country, this news comes amidst publicised layoffs from prominent technology and retail companies The additional staff […]
