A local student nurse who wowed her tutors with her innovative work has been shortlisted for an award by the Student Nursing Times. Amy Graham, 35, has been recognised for her amazing work in developing an app that monitors fridge temperatures and improves patient safety. Amy is undertaking her nurse apprenticeship at North Cumbria Integrated […]
It’s hard to imagine India’s roads without picturing the country’s popular three-wheelers weaving around traffic jams. They’re a staple of India’s transportation ecosystem, and now leading three-wheeler manufacturer Mahindra is hoping to turn them all electric with the help of IRP Systems’ cutting-edge electric vehicle technology. Major automaker Mahindra, through its Mahindra Last Mile Mobility […]
Melbourne-based startup Kismet has received $8.2 million in seed funding from a round led by tech investors Prosus Ventures and Airtree Ventures. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2023, Kismet has built a community engagement ecosystem that digitally connects care receivers, caregivers, health insurance, and healthcare providers in the in-home, disabled and aged segments worldwide. Its […]
Birmingham and Solihull ICS’s 10-year strategy highlights the key role of data in tackling inequalities, identifying opportunities for intervention, and enhancing understanding of areas of shared priority. The strategy looks to the better use of data and analysis as a means of achieving shared objectives such as delivering on integration, building an inclusive workforce, and […]
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is running a pilot project that sees virtual reality technology used to support staff wellbeing, in partnership with Phase Space VR. The initial focus of the pilot project centres around staff from the psychiatric intensive care unit, with VR headsets used to allow staff to “experience a short calming […]
By Robbie Trower, healthcare sector specialist and channel sales manager at Kodak Alaris. The pandemic has resulted in a sea change to the way the NHS delivers its services. Digital transformation (DX) is transforming operational efficiency, and digital information is increasingly driving service delivery – from statistical analysis, all the way through to e-prescribing and […]
A study led by the University of Surrey and funded by the NIHR has looked at the potential for technology to enable “video live streaming” of trauma incidents, with the aim of helping to support decision-making from the emergency services around response. Enabled by 999 callers’ smartphones, the study explored the possibility that sending live […]
Tesla has put up a webpage allowing TSLA shareholders to register for early Cybertruck delivery, as long as they fit certain criteria. It could give us a hint as to how Cybertruck deliveries are going. Tesla first started delivering Cybertrucks in November of last year, more than three months ago today. First deliveries were of […]
On the carbon impact side, we are starting to collect data so that we have a better understanding of where healthcare is. We’re going way beyond just the carbon impact of IT, not just power consumption and the recycling of retired technologies, but other areas such as lighting, environmental controls in the building, the building […]
It’s been more than five decades since Dustin Hoffman’s character in “The Graduate” was offered a kernel of wisdom about the path to prosperity. “Plastics,” he’s told by Mr. McGuire, the starched corporate executive who offers the advice. “There’s a great future in plastics.” Plastics have indeed been a game changer for humanity, and the […]
