Co-op looks to health tech sector with Dimec acquisition
The retailer hopes the acquisition of the repeat prescriptions ordering app will help it create a digital pharmacy for its members and customers.
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NHS Digital enlists Orcha to help populate App Library
Orcha uses a combination of manual and automated processes to assess applications that can be safely used within clinical settings.
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Fitbit beefs up healthcare offering with fitness and coaching platform
Fitbit Care combines the company’s activity-tracking hardware with tailored health and wellness services for insurers, employers and health systems.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
Our latest mobile health and apps round up features news that a survey by Roche Products Ltd has revealed there is an appetite for the NHS App
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GP practices to begin trials of video consultations with Now Healthcare
The Now GP app will be used by five groups of NHS practices and one ‘very large’ GP practice in England to facilitate video consultations with patients.
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With new ECG, Apple places heart health at core of latest watch launch
Describing Series 4 Apple Watch as ‘the ultimate guardian for your health’, chief operating officer Jeff Williams revealed the device has a new electronic heart sensor built in.
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Babylon goes to Canada with Telus Health partnership
The agreement with Telus Health will give users access to video consultations with a licensed Canadian healthcare provider, via a bespoke app.
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Natural Cycles Facebook ad banned by Advertising Standards Agency
ASA revealed it received three complaints which challenged the claim that Natural Cycles is a ‘highly accurate contraceptive app’.
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England’s acute trusts beat deadline for e-Referrals switch
In an announcement made at NHS Expo – currently taking place in Manchester – it was revealed 150 acute hospital trusts and 7,110 GP practices have moved to the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) for sending and receiving all first outpatient appointments.
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Eye-controlled wearable aims to give locked-in patients a voice
EyeControl is a communications device designed for patients who have full cognitive ability but are unable to move or speak.
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