A digital platform that connects community clinicians with chronically ill patients and their families is helping reduce home visits and emergency hospital admissions. Nimbus Medical’s InterCare platform lets patients check their vital sings and connects them with a member of their support team via a tablet or TV. The platform works by connecting a patient’s…
Asks Alexander Myskiw, healthcare & life sciences practice, DataArt Incorporating telehealth solutions into new drug delivery technologies like nanomedicines can potentially give pharmaceuticals the edge they need to win the fight against disease. Creating drug delivery systems that utilise telehealth solutions like smartphone technologies, Bluetooth, IoT, wearable technologies, and AI would help pharmaceutical companies save…
The telehealth organisation Now Healthcare Group has passed its recent inspection by the CQC and been declared “safe”. The announcement makes Now Health Group the first telehealth GP services provider to have met all regulations set out in the CQC’s digital health guidelines. The company was inspected on 14 June and was found to be…
Health-tech company iPlato Healthcare has agreed to a partnership with Health Navigator, a lifestyle coaching service to help people with long-term health conditions. The partnership will give NHS patients using iPlato’s services access to the Proactive Health Coaching (PHC) programme, designed by Health Navigator. The programme gives patients around 6 months of tailored one-to-one health…
A service at Boots which scans a range of moles and pigmented lesions has been criticised for charging customers. Skin cancer charity Melanoma UK has spoken out against Boots for its new service. The service is provided by Boots and its subsidiary, ScreenCancer UK. Boots state that the service ‘doesn’t provide a diagnosis of skin…