The British medtech company Brainomix has announced that it has closed a series B funding round with a total investment of approximately £16 million.
The previous investors Parkwalk, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) and Oxford University Innovation Fund (OUIF), who are participating again in this round, have been joined by Tencent Holdings.
WHY IT MATTERS
Brainomix recently took the ...
Around half of adults in England have access to digital healthcare via the NHS login, according to the latest statistics from NHS Digital.
NHS login, the service which supports the NHS App, now has almost 28 million users – a rise from around 2.2 million in September 2020.
The online service, managed by NHS Digital, provides people with a single point of access to digital health and care websites...
Four projects using artificial intelligence (AI) to address racial health inequalities have been awarded £1.4 million by the NHS AI Lab and independent charity the Health Foundation.
The winning projects took part in a research competition as part of the AI Ethics Initiative at NHSX, which launched in March this year.
Subject to contract, the chosen projects are:
A University of Westminster...
Researchers at the University of Oxford are seeking NHSX funding for an artificial intelligence (AI) COVID screening test.
Results of a three-month evaluation study at John Radcliffe Hospital found the CURIAL-Rapide test could screen emergency department (ED) patients at the bedside within 10 minutes, without needing a laboratory.
Results were available 45 minutes after patients arrived at the...
GHX LAUNCHES DIGITAL PROCURE PLATFORM
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has announced the launch of its GHX Procure platform to healthcare providers in the UK.
GHX Procure is a cloud-based requisition and inventory management solution which gives Integrated Care Systems, hospitals and trusts real-time visibility of their inventory. It also allows for automated purchasing of supplies and medical...
UK-based app Pando has come under scrutiny for a security breach which saw NHS patients’ photos automatically uploaded onto users’ smartphones.
The clinical communication tool, which has been approved under the NHS Clinical Communication Procurement Framework, is used to send messages, test results, X-Rays and photographs between care teams. It is reportedly used by more than 60,000 NHS staff...
NHSX has launched a new process to help give staff, patients and the public confidence that the digital health tools they use meet NHS standards.
The digital technology assessment criteria (DTAC) is a rapid process that can be completed in days.
It will apply to all digital health technologies, from public facing health apps to systems used within hospitals such as electronic patient records....
NHS healthcare workers in Luton will be able to monitor chronic patients outside of clinical settings through a partnership with Swedish med tech firm Doccla.
Luton Children and Adults Community Health Services will work with Doccla to deliver a comprehensive remote patient monitoring service, including wearable technology.
This contract has been awarded through the new NHSX remote patient...
UK digital healthcare firms eConsult Health, HCI and Cognitant Group are collaborating to help GPs share health information videos with patients after online consultations.
Cognitant Group’s health information service, Healthinote has been integrated with eConsult’s post consult messaging platform and toolbar, allowing GPs to search and prescribe a range of videos and other information by...
NHSX DRIVES FORWARD DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF HEALTH CARE
With the aim of creating an environment for innovation to flourish, NHSX has created the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria for health and social care, beta (DTAC).
NHSX will use this criteria to support and assess stakeholders across the ecosystem, forming a baseline assessment criteria that validates the suitability and function of...
