Greater Manchester partnership launches health data website
A partnership which includes a council and a NHS trust in Greater Manchester has launched a new website designed to bring together health and care data.
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Special Report: Remote monitoring and self-care
The use of technology to support self-care is considered to be a holy grail of any sustainable health service. So how can the NHS utilise and share such information to improve patient experience and empower them to manage their health better? Jennifer Trueland reports.
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Search engines ‘more likely to provoke anxiety in expectant mothers’
New research has suggested search engines are more than likely to provoke anxiety during pregnancy than other sources of information.
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Intouch with Health and DrDoctor partner for digital outpatient solution
Intouch with Health and DrDoctor have partnered up to deliver a completely digital outpatient management solution to support hospital staff in the drive towards a paperless NHS.
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GP-on-demand service GPDQ deemed to be providing safe care by CQC
A GP-on-demand service has been deemed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to be providing a safe service in accordance with their regulations.
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Pharma giant Pfizer seeks to invest in UK health tech start-ups
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has opened applications for its second Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London programme, which seeks to invest in start-up companies working in the health tech space.
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Virtual assistant apps proves successful in the West Midlands
A year after NHS services across the West Midlands began trialling a virtual health assistant app, an alliance of CCGs has said it has seen positive results.
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AI, computer vision and regenerative medicine mark UK accelerator launch
A new UK health tech accelerator programme has unveiled its first cohort of start-ups after launching in London.
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Babylon expands its AI technology to mainland China
Babylon has partnered up with a Chinese internet company Tencent to help deliver personal health assessments and treatment advice across mainland China
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Apple Watch data ‘used as evidence in Australian murder trial’
Myrna Nilsson, 57, was wearing the device when she was killed at her Adelaide home in September 2016, with the prosecution claiming that the data supports their allegation that her daughter-in-law was involved in her murder.
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