New wearables trial allows COPD patients’ to be monitored at home
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde believes the trial will result in fewer hospital visits for COPD patients – which costs about £6,000 per admission.
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Medopad pledges $10m to ‘supercharge’ partner integration
The company has partnered with eight more health tech firms to create new, condition-specific apps for patients via the Medopad platform.
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EyeControl headset for locked-in patients available on NHS Supply Chain
EyeControl, which combines an eye-tracking camera and speaker, allows patients who have lost the ability to move or speak to communicate.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
The latest roundup includes Hancock’s tech vision that patients can use wearables and diet-tracking apps to prevent them from falling ill.
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Fitbit beefs up healthcare offering with fitness and coaching platform
Fitbit Care combines the company’s activity-tracking hardware with tailored health and wellness services for insurers, employers and health systems.
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Connected care homes ‘could slash £1bn from NHS demand’
A project run by NHS Calderdale CCG has suggested that telehealth in care homes could cut hospital admissions by as much as third
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Autism charity seeks £2.5m for ‘game-changing’ biometrics project
Autism Together is attempting to raise £2.5m for a project that will see biometric technology used to drive new insights into the disability and improve care for those living with it.
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InHealthcare lends tech to fall prevention initiative in East Midlands
A new NHS initiative to help reduce injuries sustained in falls has been launched in the East Midlands, using infrastructure from Yorkshire-based InHealthcare.
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UK employees back workplace wearables for mental health support
More than half of working adults in the UK would be would be prepared to wear devices designed to monitor their mental health and flag troubling symptoms, a new study has found.
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NHS delegates in India to promote innovation in healthcare
Sir Malcolm Grant, chairman of NHS England, is leading a delegation of healthcare representatives on a four-day trade mission to India to focus on disruptive technologies such artificial intelligence and promote collaboration between the two countries.
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