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 News Archive
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
NHS electronic patient record systems have caused significant patient harm, including deaths
BBC - 30-May-2024Problems range from unsent medical letters to inaccessible vital information
At-home blood testing device approved for cancer patients in the UK
BBC - 10-May-2024Greater convenience for patients and could potentially reduce NHS costs
RYSE invests $50 million in digital diagnostics startup
pharmaphorum - 05-Mar-2024Braingaze to develop apps for ADHD, autism and alzheimer's using eye-tracking technology
Digital health tools effectively lower hypertension, new study finds
Yale School of Medicine - 14-Feb-2024Significant systolic BP reductions, highlighting its potential to address health disparities
Character.ai became virtual psychotherapist for young people
BBC - 04-Jan-2024Offering comfort and advice, the rise of AI therapy sparks debate about its potential & perils
New app catches hidden Alzheimer’s signs that most tests miss
Inside Precision Medicine - 19-Dec-2023This app could help identify those at risk sooner for timely intervention
Frieda Health raised EUR 2.5 million to advance their menopause platform
Live Forever Club - 20-Nov-2023A step towards empowering women for better health and quality of life
Humanity Inc.'s AI-powered health app helps you live longer and healthier
Master Investor - 01-Nov-2023The app helps users boost their energy levels and feel more alive
Headspace: your one-stop shop for lifelong mental health support
Business Wire - 31-Oct-2023Refreshed brand offers end-to-end mental health support, from mindfulness to therapy and psychiatry
NHS still reliant on paper records, despite progress towards electronic systems
The BMJ - 13-Sep-202375% of trusts still use paper, hindering patient safety and efficiency
NHS rolls out new digital health check across England in spring
The Guardian - 28-Jun-2023To prevent major diseases while making patients’ lives easier & reducing pressure on GP services
Phone apps could record six minutes of consecutive walking to predict risk of early death
New Atlas - 20-Oct-2022The study computes predictive models for risk stratification via population analysis for results
This app tells you if food or cosmetics in your shopping cart are healthy
Wired - 26-Jul-2022It uses a colour system to show health and safety, focusing on nutrition, additives, and risks
Sleepio: an effective app-based treatment for people with insomnia
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - 20-May-2022NICE recommends Sleepio as a better alternative for habit-forming sleeping pills
Rejuve.AI's new leadership drives longevity app launch
Information Age - 14-Jan-2022Get healthy, get discounts - Rejuve makes longevity accessible
Humanity Inc app launches initially in UK - determines your rate of ageing
TechCrunch - 04-Aug-2021Produces personalised tips by comparing phone/wearables data with UK Biobank
Babylon to become a public company via $4.2bn merger with Alkuri Global
Digital Health - 08-Jun-2021Funds to help this digital health company take a leap in offering quality healthcare
Just 10 minutes a month and make a skin self-examination
Melanoma UK - 01-Jun-2021SkinVision helps to detect skin cancer at an early stage when its most treatable.
Smartphones may be the next big thing in digital health
Medical Futurist - 16-Jun-2020In built sensors can take cues to diagnose diseases or even simply monitor your health
Mobile apps to detect skin cancer are not always accurate
Digital Health - 14-Feb-2020AI apps can be inefficient in skin cancer diagnosis, if not properly regulated and certified
Video game that improves mindfulness
Medical Xpress - 27-Dec-2019Team is aiming to change the cognitive, emotional processes of people by the video game
94% of people stop using mental health apps after 15 days
New Scientist - 06-Nov-2019Apps that enable you to talk to someone experiencing similar issues are used the most
Mobile app rapidly alerts clinicians of acute kidney injury
BBC - 01-Aug-2019Lab results to the right doctors at the right time can improve patient's outcome
App offers a screening method for skin cancer
Digital Health Age - 24-Sep-2018This app’s algorithm is meant to provide early warning for skin cancer with a 30 seconds scan
Digital health pharma news from Q4 2016
MobiHealthNews - 13-Jan-2017Investment in digital tools to enhance data collection in clinical trials.
Health apps to inform patient records
BBC - 07-Sep-2016Data from NHS approved health apps will feed directly into health records
Big savings in digital health skills trial
Health IT Central - 17-Aug-2016220,000 UK residents participated in 3 year scheme to improve digital health skills.
Nokia investing in digital health
ZDNet - 15-Jun-2016Nokia has been developing health technology for both regulated and unregulated use.
Interview with Meditech vice president
Digital Health - 18-May-2016Helen Waters is enthusiastic about a next generation EPR system.
Retail health clinics & telehealth on the rise
Oliver Wyman - 16-Mar-2016Report: The New Front Door to Healthcare is Here
One in 3 consumers is using mobile apps for health
Health Populi - 03-Mar-2016One in 5 using a wearable device.
Digital health: the future for medicine?
News Medical - 26-Feb-2016Summary 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.
Heart failure remote monitoring has disappointing results
iMedicalApps - 12-Feb-2016Randomized study of 1500 patients with decompensated heart failure.
UK moves to accelerate digital health uptake
PMLiVE - 10-Feb-2016DigitalHealth.London initiative will create a network of clinicians, healthcare providers, research institutes and entrepreneurs.
eHealth Ireland progress report
CIO - 03-Feb-2016Chief Clinical Information Officer Yvonne Goff reports on first year’s progress
Philips and Validic create connected health services
HIT Consultant - 03-Feb-2016Digital health integration platform Validic is teaming up with Philips to integrate personal health data from third-party devices and apps into connected health services
My Body, My Self: With My Physician, Say Patients
Health Populi - 02-Feb-2016Jane Sarasohn-Kahn reviews a survey conducted for The Society for Participatory Medicine.
31% of heart patients use app or device to manage condition
MobiHealthNews - 01-Feb-2016HealthMine survey of 501 consumers.
Islington selects BT to connect health and social care systems
Computer Business Review - 29-Jan-2016Information systems used by 10,000 health and social care workers in the borough.
Are Consumers and Doctors Finally Bridging the mHealth Gap?
mHealth Intelligence - 16-Jan-2016Review of CES 2016 – consumer-focused conference is seeing more digital health each year.
Digesting the next generation of wearable tech
Guardian - 13-Jan-2016Digital 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.
Accelerating access to healthcare innovations
PHG Foundation - 08-Jan-20162nd phase of the Accelerating Access Review has just closed.
RCP progresses PRSB
Digital Health - 04-Nov-2014Professional Records Standards Body hopes to have established a formal service for the maintenance and development of clinical records standards by early next year.
