Digital Health 2023 Year in Review
Digital Health’s editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma looks back at the key trends and big stories over the past 12 months.
Feature
Babylon files for liquidation in US Bankruptcy Court
Babylon Health has filed for bankruptcy for two US subsidiaries, Forbes has reported, citing filings in the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Digital Patient
Babylon looks to sell UK business amid bankruptcy fears
Babylon Health is looking to sell its UK business, including its 100,000 patient NHS GP practice, and may fall into administration, it has announced.
News 3
Shares in Babylon fall sharply on news of moves to take private
Shares in beleaguered digital health firm Babylon Health fell sharply today on news that the company is to be taken private as part of a new debt plan.
News
Babylon Health careful of UK expansion as it loses money on ‘every member’
Dr Ali Parsa said the company will be careful about further expansion of UK services after revealing that it loses money on “every member that comes in”.
News
Babylon selects Google Cloud to help speed up access to patient data
Babylon Health has turned to Google Cloud to help securely store and analyse the sensitive data it collects with a scalable solution.
Infrastructure
Babylon launches AI-powered triage tool in Rwanda
Digital health provider Babylon has launched its AI-powered triage tool in Rwanda to further digitise the Rwandan healthcare system.
AI and Analytics
Royal Wolverhampton and Babylon extend partnership across primary care
The partnership will see the rollout of Babylon 360 the more than 55,000 people covered by Royal Wolverhampton’s primary care network.
Clinical Software
Babylon to face ‘no further action’ for data breach of GP at Hand
Babylon admitted in June that three patients were able to view recordings of other patient’s consultations using the GP at Hand app.
Digital Patient
AI will ‘under deliver’ at first but ‘blow our minds’ in the future
Speaking at London Tech Week Ali Parsa said the NHS is doing “fantastic” work in the field of AI but must not be afraid to participant in new technologies.
AI and Analytics