Tag: digital health
What is a smart scale?
More and more people are gearing towards having a healthier lifestyle nowadays. Weight maintenance is one of the most vital health concerns that people are focusing on, reducing the risk of common diseases such as heart ailments, diabetes, and cancer. Most people are aware that a proper diet and regular exercise are the keys to…
UK government abandons NHS contact tracing app
In an embarrassing and costly U-Turn, the UK has ditched the current NHS coronavirus contact tracing app, developed by NHSX, in favour of a solution from tech giants Apple and Google. The current system, piloted on the Isle of Wight, is to be abandoned after research found it could only identify four per cent of…
Five ways smartphones could help Coronavirus ‘exit strategy’
Could technology help us find a way out of the current Coronavirus pandemic - the so-called exit strategy? It is possible. Chris Price looks at several projects that are hoping to fight the spread of the virus... NHS Coronavirus 'contact tracing' app 'Contact tracing' is expected to be a key part of the government's exit…
MyGP software extends capacity for video consultations
As a quarter of GPs are forced into isolation, myGP software creator iPLATO and GP service GPDQ have extended their partnership to boost the capacity for NHS patient video consultations across UK General Practice. After seeing a 1451 percent spike in GP video consultations being conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, iPLATO and GPDQ have joined…
Wearable cameras allow doctors to check heart patients
Could Big Brother actually be your GP? Doctors may one day use monitoring cameras to check that heart failure sufferers are taking care of their condition properly. Improved self-management has been associated with reduced mortality, hospital admissions and healthcare costs, but forgetting to do crucial tasks such as taking medication on time and physical activity…
Computer models to match patients with ‘digital twins’
Advanced computer models could improve diagnosis and treatment of common diseases by linking patients with 'digital twins', a study suggests. The technology could be used to better tailor medicines to individual sufferers by computationally testing thousands of drugs across different cell types before actual treatment takes place. Currently, medication can be ineffective in many patients…
You can’t trust tech firms with anonymous NHS data, survey suggests
The majority of the public would not trust NHS patient data being in the hands of multinational tech giants, even if it is made anonymous and unidentifiable, a survey suggests. While seven in 10 people acknowledged that sharing anonymous patient data could improve healthcare and help develop more effective treatments, the same amount indicated that…
Smart contact lens project designed to help diabetics is put on hold
A company from Google’s parent firm Alphabet is putting a glucose-sensing smart contact lens project on hold because results weren't accurate enough. Verily began working with pharmaceutical firm Novartis and its Alcon eye division in 2014 to develop the contact lenses, as well other types of smart lenses - including a pair that measured glucose…
