Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest mobile health and apps round-up features news that a ‘brain training app’ could help people who suffer from OCD manage their symptoms.
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NHS England medical director calls for trusts and CCGs to embrace Skype
Stephen Powis is calling for the NHS to use technology to help the outpatient system and says now is the time to ‘grasp the nettle’.
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Digital guide for ‘pregnancy, birth and beyond’ launched for parents
Women across north west London now have access to an app which provides a single source of trusted NHS information for all their maternity needs.
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Push Doctor confirms new CEO after founder’s summer departure
Wais Shaifta, who previously served as the company’s chief operating officer, assumed the role of acting chief executive in July.
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Citizen Identity project re-branded as NHS Login
Adam Lewis from NHS Digital also confirmed the NHS App will be rolled out nationwide on a region by region basis from December.
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Review says Babylon’s AI claims lack ‘convincing evidence’
In July 2018, Babylon Health claimed its artificial intelligence (AI) system had demonstrated diagnostic ability that is ‘on-par with human doctors’.
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Fifth annual AXA Health Tech and You awards launched
Categories include using technologies to address sleeping problems and support children and/or their parents in understanding and managing mental health.
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Online GP provider LIVI arrives on UK market
The service, which uses the name KRY in Sweden, has partnered up with GP practices in North West Surrey and the North West of England
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Facebook breast cancer screening campaign proves successful
The local initiative, led by NHS Digital, resulted in a 13% increase in the number of women in Stoke-on-Trent attending a screening for the first time.
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Welsh social prescribing start-up joins AHSN accelerator
Signum Health’s i-navigator platform supports people in need of non-clinical care, such as weight loss, anxiety and depression and social isolation.
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