Six GP surgeries pioneer use of FaceTime-style video consultations with patients
Six GP surgeries in Lanarkshire are among the first in Scotland to offer FaceTime-style video consultations to patients. The practices are early adopters of a new Attend Anywhere service, which...
Technology to be ‘key enabler’ of Edinburgh’s new health and social care strategy
Technology is set to be a ‘key enabler’ of Edinburgh’s new health and social care strategic plan, which was published today. Devices which can provide assisted living capabilities could be...
‘We are on the cusp of a huge health tech revolution’, says health secretary on launch of new National Artificial Intelligence Lab
A new ‘National Artificial Intelligence Lab’ has been launched as part of a UK Government £250m investment into AI. The AI Lab will bring together academics, specialists and technology companies to work...
Speech tech company adds ‘Scottish children’s voices’ to its range of text-to-speech services
Scottish children with a range of communications difficulties will be able to speak in their native tongues thanks to updated speech technology. Until now, children in Scotland have only been...
NHS hospitals system Patientrack rebrands as Alcidion as it expands offer of early warning informatics services
A health tech platform which provides early warning signs to clinicians – helping them quickly identify the sickest patients in hospital – has been rebranded following a takeover last year....
5G networks can be ‘transformative’ for health and social care
A joint report has been launched urging government to consider a series of recommendations to ‘harness’ the capabalities of 5G networks in healthcare. Tech UK – the tech trade body...
Six NHS trusts in northeast England embark on ‘largest deployment’ of digital care in the country
A digital health and care project involving six NHS trusts in northeast England has developed over 50 services – in a bid to improve patient outcomes and create ‘capacity’ in...
New public health body will have key leadership role in data science and innovation
A new public health body to be set up in Scotland will have a key leadership role for data science and innovation, according to a consultation paper. Public Health Scotland...
The electronic doctor will see you now. NHS begins collaboration with Amazon Alexa
The NHS has begun a collaboration with Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant to give people ‘reliable’ health information in their home. People will be able to access verified health information from...
Billionaire philanthropists donate $7.5m to Glasgow University’s bid to become world-leading precision medicine hub
A billionaire philanthropist couple have donated $7.5m to Glasgow University’s bid to become a world-leading hub for precision medicine. Husband and wife John and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, whose biopharma firm Biocon is India’s...
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