Mobile healthcare to top $28bn in 2018 as doctors turn to digital
Global mobile healthcare revenues could hit nearly $30bn by the end of the year as the demand for digital patient services grows, according to a new report.
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Global mobile healthcare revenues could hit nearly $30bn by the end of the year as the demand for digital patient services grows, according to a new report.
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.
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.
Professor Peter Sasieni, a cancer screening and prevention researcher at King’s College London, has claimed the error could date back to early as 2005 after studying data from the screening programme between 2004 and 2017.
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.
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.
New Zealand clinical integration and population health specialist Orion Health has posted losses of £20.9m (NZD $40m) and revealed 177 jobs have been cut internationally.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has become one of only seven NHS organisations in the

NHS hospitals have declared critical incidents and reported failures affecting cooling systems, diagnostic equipment and

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has selected Omega 365’s system to support its major hospital
Today’s briefing features a rise in the use of translation services driven by high petrol

Two studies have received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research as