Chelsea and Westminster Hospital launches innovation programme
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust has launched the programme in a bid to design, attract, embed and evaluate new initiatives and technologies.
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Fitbit offers heart monitoring tool through new partnership with FibriCheck
Heart measurements can be viewed directly on the device’s screen and shared with medical professionals through FibriCheck’s web interface.
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Push Doctor ‘on course’ to be live with 200 GP surgeries
New figures collated in the 12 months since the pilots were launched revealed patients are waiting an average of 26 minutes to see a GP using Push Doctor.
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CCG software delays hamper GP at Hand’s Birmingham expansion
The software supports the registration of patients in Birmingham as well as ensuring easier access to local pathways and screening services.
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15 digital health enterprises selected for Manchester accelerator
The businesses will take part in the Greater Manchester Future of Health Challenge, an initiative set up in June to support health tech entrepreneurs.
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How a daughter’s cancer treatment inspired an interactive app for sick kids
Dom Raban realised more could be done to help children feel at ease in hospital after watching his 13-year-old daughter go through cancer treatment.
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Changes to out-of-area GP rules ‘would be burdensome’ to CCGs’
The Digital Healthcare Council argued patient care should not be limited to CCG boundaries and instead called for a “partnership model” to be put in place.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s mobile apps round-up features news WhatsApp-style clinical messaging app Forward could save the NHS £44m a year.
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Apple to launch research app to allow users to privately submit health data
The Apple Research app will allow US users to have the option of privately contributing to health research by sharing data collected from their smartwatch.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ pharmacist develops app for medication questions
The MedTap app provides answers to questions such as when and how to take pills, what to do about side effects, how to re-order more pills and the cost.
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