Your morning summary of digital health news, information and events to know if you want to be “in the know”.
👇 News
💰 Supplier specialized in ICT in the health field Bates IT has be part of a group in Aliter Capital's second fundnext to IT Communication, a provider of critical network infrastructure services. The deal was for an undisclosed amount.
🍏 The Apple Watch's atrial fibrillation feature has become the first digital health technology to receive approval as a qualified device under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Device Development Tools Program. This feature helps detect abnormal heart patterns in users and the FDA approval means it can be used as a tool in clinical studies.
👨👧 Access to the One Health and Care shared care record in the Black Country makes it quicker and easier to make protection decisions for vulnerable adults and children, according to the region's multi-agency safeguarding centers (MASH). Access to the Shared Care Record went live at Walsall Metropolitan Council in April 2023, followed shortly after by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and the City of Wolverhampton.
👩⚕️ UK based patient engagement platform provider DrPhysician Announced Integration Partnership with Elective Care Automation and Performance Improvement Organization MBI Health. The partnership combines DrDoctor's “Quick Questions Tool” with MBI's waitlist validation capabilities in an effort to better manage patient flow.
🏥 North West Anglia Foundation Trust has partnered with In healthcare to launch a virtual acute care room for patients. The service, commissioned in December 2023, offers patients recovering but not yet fit to be discharged the opportunity to return home with simple devices to measure vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, rate of oxygen in the blood and weight.
❓ Did you know ?
THE Global Women's Health Index, released by American medical technology company Hologic in May 2024, Has revealed that the UK has risen from 30th to 37th place in a global ranking, which ranks countries' performance in five key areas of women's health and wellbeing.
According to the report, the UK's results were below the EU average on cancer screening, emotional health and women's safety.
📖 What we read
BT has published a five-point plan to help the NHS overcome barriers to digitalization.
The recommendations are the result of a roundtable discussion hosted by Professor Sultan Mahmud, director of healthcare at BT and Anu Anand, BBC journalist and podcaster, at which leaders from business, healthcare and Politicians have debated what stands in the way of a digital revolution in the NHS. .
🚨 This week's events
May 28-29, 2024, London – Digi-Tech Pharma and AI 2024