Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s mobile health and apps news in brief features the launch of the UK’s very first domestic violence app, which has been designed to provide help and support for victims.
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Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT to introduce mobile phone check-in
Outpatients will be able to download an app to check-in for appointments via their mobile phone upon arrival and will also be given access to a virtual map to help them find their way around the new outpatient department.
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Blockchain-enabled telemedicine service to be piloted with London patients
MyClinic, which allows users to attend video consultations with a GP and pay for them using cryptocurrency, will be piloted with patients registered at the Groves Medical Centre in New Malden from July, before launching to the general public later in 2018.
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Rust in peace: Hospital uncovers unusual 1990s employee
Jeeves the Robot was responsible to carry blood samples and medical notes around Northwick Park Hospital in the mid 1990s and even had his own ID card.
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Research suggests asthma sufferers would share data
The ‘Data Sharing and Technology: Exploring the attitudes of people with asthma’ report, which was put together by Asthma UK revealed that of the 3000 people who took part in the survey, 83% felt comfortable to share their information for research purposes.
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Hospital staff See Fire after accessing Ed Sheeran’s personal details
It is understood Sheeran was asked to sign autographs and pose for photographs by some Ipswich Hospital staff while he was there in October 2017.
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Amazon develops ‘health and wellness team within Alexa division’
Internal documents, obtained by CNBC, reveal that a group of around ‘a dozen people’ are asked with making Alexa ‘more useful in the health-care field’, specifically targeting diabetes management, care for mothers and infants as well as the older generation.
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NHS Digital puts £1m up for grabs for adult social care tech pilots
Local authority projects that use digital innovation to help benefit people who access adult social care can bid for share of £1 million in funding. The funding, provided by NHS Digital and managed by the Local Government Association (LGA), with support from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care (ADASS), will be awarded to […]
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Innovations recognised at the fourth AXA Health Tech and You Awards
There were six awards up for grabs on the night with each category focusing on health technology that can support specific health problems, with focus this year on dementia, the menopause and mental health in the workplace.
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‘Game-changing’ app allows air ambulance services to view patients
The GoodSAM App’s new feature called ‘Instant on the Scene’ sends a link to the 999 caller’s mobile phone, which opens live streaming video to give medics the chance to assess how seriously ill a patient is before setting off.
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