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Digital Health News Archive

RYSE invests $50 million in digital diagnostics startup

pharmaphorum - 05-Mar-2024

Braingaze to develop apps for ADHD, autism and alzheimer's using eye-tracking technology

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Digital health tools effectively lower hypertension, new study finds

Yale School of Medicine - 14-Feb-2024

Significant systolic BP reductions, highlighting its potential to address health disparities

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Character.ai became virtual psychotherapist for young people

BBC - 04-Jan-2024

Offering comfort and advice, the rise of AI therapy sparks debate about its potential & perils

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Frieda Health raised EUR 2.5 million to advance their menopause platform

Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023

A step towards empowering women for better health and quality of life

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Humanity Inc.'s AI-powered health app helps you live longer and healthier

Master Investor - 01-Nov-2023

The app helps users boost their energy levels and feel more alive

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Headspace: your one-stop shop for lifelong mental health support

Business Wire - 31-Oct-2023

Refreshed brand offers end-to-end mental health support, from mindfulness to therapy and psychiatry

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NHS still reliant on paper records, despite progress towards electronic systems

The BMJ - 13-Sep-2023

75% of trusts still use paper, hindering patient safety and efficiency

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NHS rolls out new digital health check across England in spring

The Guardian - 28-Jun-2023

To prevent major diseases while making patients’ lives easier & reducing pressure on GP services

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Phone apps could record six minutes of consecutive walking to predict risk of early death

New Atlas - 20-Oct-2022

The study computes predictive models for risk stratification via population analysis for results

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Sleepio: an effective app-based treatment for people with insomnia

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - 20-May-2022

NICE recommends Sleepio as a better alternative for habit-forming sleeping pills

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Rejuve.AI's new leadership drives longevity app launch

Information Age - 14-Jan-2022

Get healthy, get discounts - Rejuve makes longevity accessible

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Humanity Inc app launches initially in UK - determines your rate of ageing

TechCrunch - 04-Aug-2021

Produces personalised tips by comparing phone/wearables data with UK Biobank

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Babylon to become a public company via $4.2bn merger with Alkuri Global

Digital Health - 08-Jun-2021

Funds to help this digital health company take a leap in offering quality healthcare

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Just 10 minutes a month and make a skin self-examination

Melanoma UK - 01-Jun-2021

SkinVision helps to detect skin cancer at an early stage when its most treatable.

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Smartphones may be the next big thing in digital health

Medical Futurist - 16-Jun-2020

In built sensors can take cues to diagnose diseases or even simply monitor your health

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Mobile apps to detect skin cancer are not always accurate

Digital Health - 14-Feb-2020

AI apps can be inefficient in skin cancer diagnosis, if not properly regulated and certified

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Video game that improves mindfulness

Medical Xpress - 27-Dec-2019

Team is aiming to change the cognitive, emotional processes of people by the video game

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94% of people stop using mental health apps after 15 days

New Scientist - 06-Nov-2019

Apps that enable you to talk to someone experiencing similar issues are used the most

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Mobile app rapidly alerts clinicians of acute kidney injury

BBC - 01-Aug-2019

Lab results to the right doctors at the right time can improve patient's outcome

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App offers a screening method for skin cancer

Digital Health Age - 24-Sep-2018

This app’s algorithm is meant to provide early warning for skin cancer with a 30 seconds scan

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Digital health pharma news from Q4 2016

MobiHealthNews - 13-Jan-2017

Investment in digital tools to enhance data collection in clinical trials.

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Health apps to inform patient records

BBC - 07-Sep-2016

Data from NHS approved health apps will feed directly into health records

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Big savings in digital health skills trial

Health IT Central - 17-Aug-2016

220,000 UK residents participated in 3 year scheme to improve digital health skills.

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Nokia investing in digital health

ZDNet - 15-Jun-2016

Nokia has been developing health technology for both regulated and unregulated use.

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Interview with Meditech vice president

Digital Health - 18-May-2016

Helen Waters is enthusiastic about a next generation EPR system.

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Retail health clinics & telehealth on the rise

Oliver Wyman - 16-Mar-2016

Report: The New Front Door to Healthcare is Here

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One in 3 consumers is using mobile apps for health

Health Populi - 03-Mar-2016

One in 5 using a wearable device.

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Digital health: the future for medicine?

News Medical - 26-Feb-2016

Summary of presentations at Recent Developments in Digital Health 2016 event at the Royal Society of Medicine, and how it has great potential to revolutionise healthcare.

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Heart failure remote monitoring has disappointing results

iMedicalApps - 12-Feb-2016

Randomized study of 1500 patients with decompensated heart failure.

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UK moves to accelerate digital health uptake

PMLiVE - 10-Feb-2016

DigitalHealth.London initiative will create a network of clinicians, healthcare providers, research institutes and entrepreneurs.

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eHealth Ireland progress report

CIO - 03-Feb-2016

Chief Clinical Information Officer Yvonne Goff reports on first year’s progress

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Philips and Validic create connected health services

HIT Consultant - 03-Feb-2016

Digital health integration platform Validic is teaming up with Philips to integrate personal health data from third-party devices and apps into connected health services

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My Body, My Self: With My Physician, Say Patients

Health Populi - 02-Feb-2016

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn reviews a survey conducted for The Society for Participatory Medicine.

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31% of heart patients use app or device to manage condition

MobiHealthNews - 01-Feb-2016

HealthMine survey of 501 consumers.

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Islington selects BT to connect health and social care systems

Computer Business Review - 29-Jan-2016

Information systems used by 10,000 health and social care workers in the borough.

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Are Consumers and Doctors Finally Bridging the mHealth Gap?

mHealth Intelligence - 16-Jan-2016

Review of CES 2016 – consumer-focused conference is seeing more digital health each year.

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Digesting the next generation of wearable tech

Guardian - 13-Jan-2016

Digital pill dissolves in your stomach acid, releasing a signal to an adhesive patch on your body, which in turn bluetooths an app on your smartphone.

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Accelerating access to healthcare innovations

PHG Foundation - 08-Jan-2016

2nd phase of the Accelerating Access Review has just closed.

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RCP progresses PRSB

Digital Health - 04-Nov-2014

Professional Records Standards Body hopes to have established a formal service for the maintenance and development of clinical records standards by early next year.

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