[ad_1] St George’s University of London have led revolutionary work to improve student mental health by using sessions in virtual reality to reduce stress and anxiety. Preliminary results are being presented at A Metaverse for the Good conference in Barcelona.     The number of students living in the UK who disclosed a…

[ad_1] Patients who fail to take medicines as prescribed are costly to health systems and risk seeing their own conditions worsen. HealthNet Homecare, a home care services company, is trying to make it easier to predict which patients are most likely to fall into this category.   The company is developing Adhere Predict, a…

[ad_1] Labour has announced a new partnership with Virgin Media O2, to ensure every child with type 1 diabetes can benefit from the latest technology. Labour also said it will digitise the red book given to parents to record children’s medical records, as part of a series of changes to the NHS app.    …

[ad_1] OMRON Healthcare today announced the acquisition of Luscii Healthtech, a fast-growing scale-up in the field of digital health and remote consultation service platforms. Since OMRON’s seed investment in 2018, the two companies have collaborated closely, sharing knowledge and experience in the development of digital health.   As a digital-native company, and pioneer…

[ad_1] Pressure injuries are a major risk in intensive nursing and care environments, but by the time they are visible, they are much more difficult to treat. Bruin Biometrics has produced a device that it says can prevent sores from developing in the first place.   The US-based company is already using its Provizio…

[ad_1] Wellola, a digital patient management company, today announced the successful closure of a €2.2 million funding round led by Elkstone with additional funding from Enterprise Ireland and Bay Advisory. The investment brings Wellola’s total funding to date to €4 million and will accelerate market expansion to meet demand.   Founded in 2016 by…

[ad_1] More than 2.7 million people have already used a new prescription feature in the NHS App since its launch two months ago.   The convenient new feature, which was launched in January, allows patients in England to see when their prescriptions have been issued and view their prescribed medication.   Since…

[ad_1] Three NHS Scotland Boards have gone live with the Evolution vLab Laboratory Information Management System by Magentus, seamlessly connecting laboratory medicine services across multiple sites to deliver streamlined workflows, greater clinical safety and better patient outcomes. A new implementation at NHS Fife marks the third successful LIMS go-live by NHS Scotland and Magentus, building…

[ad_1] It’s a common issue for doctors who regularly do outpatient surgery: they brief their patient on the scope of the surgery and instruct them on next steps before discharging them home, yet in many cases, the messaging fails to land.   As the anaesthesia wears off, many patients are unsure what they have…

[ad_1] NHS England has missed a pledge to upload a less redacted version of its federated data platform contract by March 11, legal transparency advocates the Good Law Project said Tuesday.   As Digital Health News reported in January, more than 70% of the contract with US data analytics giant Palantir to operate the…