Virtual reality simulates real-life scenarios to help people break cocaine addiction
The Guardian - 18-Oct-2024The goal is to help users practice resisting cravings and reduce drug overdoses
Digital Health
As well as medical advances, our healthcare is also getting better due to improvements in the digital world. From computerisation of medical records to apps that remind you to take medications, health and social care can be improved by simply delivering it better than ever before.
Interoperability is an important buzzwork in health IT - this means the ability of different computer systems to talk to each other, so that your doctor can see exactly what you've been diagnosed and prescribed with in the past, whether they treated you in their clinic or somewhere else entirely. Unfortunately, even now, sometimes this is not an automatic process even within the same hospital.
Digital health also opens up opportunities for remote healthcare, whether that be a telepresence robot visiting patients in a hospital, or remote diagnostics so that people don't even have to leave their home, this can be a significant time and cost saving for everyone involved.
Read more about: Personal Health Record (PHR).
Digital Health News
Oura Ring 4: A sleeker, smarter wearable for health tracking
The Verge - 03-Oct-2024Enhanced design and advanced algorithms promise improved accuracy and user experience
NHS app offers at-home health checks for better healthcare access
UKAuthority - 04-Sep-2024Modernized process for easy and personalized approach to take control of health
Synchron's breakthrough: paralyzed man uses brain to control Apple device
Silicon UK - 01-Aug-2024ALS patient becomes first to use apple vision pro with BCI implant
Digital Health Resources
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7th Eurosymposium on Healthy Ageing (EHA)
22-Nov-2024
Unique biennial meeting of scientists working on the biology of ageing organised by Heales and ILA (Brussels, Belgium)
Canary Speech
Speech and language company specialized in the area of identifying disease and human condition through speech
AliveCor
App providing an immediate analysis to detect atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, tachycardia and normal rhythm
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