Macmillan Cancer Support teams up with Big Health
Macmillan Cancer Support has teamed up with Big Health to offer cancer patients free access to apps that support mental health.
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NICE recommends insomnia app as an alternative to medication
An app which uses cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to help people overcome insomnia has received recommendation from the NICE.
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Digital therapeutics part of NHS Scotland services in ‘world-first’ deal
People across all 14 NHS Scotland Health Board areas will have instant access to Big Health’s digital therapeutics for anxiety and insomnia.
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Healthcare professionals ‘failing to prescribe tech’ to older patients
Older patients are being overlooked by healthcare professionals who are failing to recommend health apps which may have a significant impact on health.
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Sleep-deprived Londoners to benefit from Sleepio app
The app is available on the NHS in the capital after being selected as a partner by the Good Thinking Service which aims to improve Londoner’s well-being.
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Sleepio app to be rolled out across the south of England
The app will be rolled out initially in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire later this month before being introduced in other areas in early 2019.
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Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ selected
Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ have been chosen by NHS England to receive national support to roll out their technologies across England.
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From www to zzz
Paul Curran reports on an app that sends its users to sleep; and which won the ‘healthcare IT product innovation’ category of last year’s EHI Awards.
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