Body temperature monitoring device scoops 2020 Pitchfest win
Celsium, which aims to give temperature readings accurate to 0.5 of a degree, beat off a total of 90 entrants to the 2020 Pitchfest honours.
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Special Report: Mental Health
Patient-facing software is being increasingly used to support quick identification of someone who’s experiencing a downturn in their mental health. Claire Read explores whether patient-facing apps can be used to support earlier and more appropriate intervention in the event of mental ill health.
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TestCard scoops win at first ever Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest
TestCard, which enables individuals to conduct urine tests at home, beat off competition during a fiercely fought final round during Digital Health Rewired.
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Data analytics in healthcare not focused on insight, Goldacre argues
Clinician, academic, author and journalist Ben Goldacre made the argument in one of the opening keynotes at Digital Health Rewired, which is taking place at London’s Olympia.
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Last chance to share your views – is the mobile now ubiquitous in healthcare?
Our survey – which is open to anyone working in the NHS, and which shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes to complete – closes this coming Monday (11 March 2019) at 10.30am.
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Is the mobile device now a ubiquitous part of healthcare? We want your views
To what extent have mobile devices become a ubiquitous part of modern healthcare? That’s the complicated question Digital Health Intelligence is exploring in its latest research, and we want your views.
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Finding the right path to a digital career in the NHS
It’s a decade since Aasha Cowey started the role which would set her on the path to a career in digital health. But she says that for her and others like her, working out how to be a member of the next generation of digital leaders is not always an easy proposition.
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Cracking the challenge of effective clinical communication
A recent Digital Health Best Practice Webinar discussed one of the most common challenges in modern hospitals: improving ease of communication between colleagues. Staff at South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust explained how technology has helped them overcome it. Claire Read reports.
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Digital Health’s Review of 2018 Part Two: July to December
As Digital Health continues its round up of 2018, we hit the second half of the year. Claire Read looks back on the balmy summer in which Jeremy Hunt bid farewell to the health brief; charts Matt Hancock’s technology focus; and records the swelling of various exemplar ranks.
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Japanese cybersecurity chief does not compute
Yoshitaka Sakurada was appointed to the cabinet last month, and serves as deputy chief of the government’s cybersecurity strategy office. But when questioned by opposition politicians earlier this week, he admitted he’s never used a computer.
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