Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
Today’s briefing covers a UK mental health charity that is a finalist for four awards and the world’s first blood-matching genetic test for sickle cell.
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Thriva partners with Superdrug to bring diagnostic testing to shops
Thriva has joined forces with high street retailer Superdrug to bring blood testing to customers via Superdrug’s Health Clinics nationwide.
Clinical Software
Medichecks unveils its new pathology platform Plasma
Medichecks has showcased Plasma, a pathology platform to support the growing demand for blood testing as part of the evolution of diagnostics as a service.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh use online booking for blood tests
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh is using software from Dedalus to enable patients to book their own blood test appointments online.
Digital Patient
Theranos founder found guilty of four counts of fraud
The founder of Theranos, a US company that claimed it provided revolutionary blood tests, has been found guilty of four counts of fraud.
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Royal Papworth achieves ‘first of kind’ Lorenzo-Epic integration with CUH
Royal Papworth Hospital and Cambridge University Hospitals have developed an interface for sharing blood tests between their disparate EPRs.
Interoperability 7
Theranos founder and former COO charged with criminal fraud
Founder Elizabeth Holmes, and its former COO, Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani, are accused of being involved in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud investors.
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