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By Rob Benson | 01:29 pm | March 19, 2018
Universities are going faster and further in realising Simon Stevens’ vision of the NHS being a ‘hotbed of innovation’, as BJ-HC found out on a visit to the School of Pharmacy at Keele University.
By Laura Lovett | 01:27 pm | March 19, 2018
Researchers at the University of Louisville found that a specially designed online program increased the rate of teen mothers that seek medical help for depression.
By Laura Lovett | 05:17 pm | March 16, 2018
The cost of healthcare in the United States is a burden for many living in the country but some congressional representatives are looking to change that with more innovation in the space.
By Dave Muoio | 04:35 pm | March 16, 2018
Voice assistants are on the rise among European physicians with more than half of those practicing in major European countries either interested in or actively using these technologies, according to survey data collected by DRG Digital | Manhattan Research.
By Jonah Comstock | 04:19 pm | March 16, 2018
Yesterday, Google announced in a blog post that Android Wear was changing its name to Wear OS, a rebranding designed to reflect the fact that one in three Android Wear users also uses an iPhone.
By Jonah Comstock | 03:34 pm | March 16, 2018
Platinum Equity, a Los Angeles-based global investment firm focused on mergers, acquisitions, and operations, has made a binding offer to acquire Johnson & Johnsons' Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania and Zug, Switzerland-based LifeScan business, which sells the OneTouch line of connected and non-connected glucometers.
By Dave Muoio | 03:29 pm | March 16, 2018
A smartphone app developed the University of Turku, Finland, detected Turku University Hospital patients’ atrial fibrillation with 96 percent accuracy, without the need for additional phone attachments, according to a study recently published in the journal Circulation.
By Laura Lovett | 03:22 pm | March 16, 2018
Healthcare management and communication platform Oneview has recently announced that it will be deploying its new app, Oneview Connect, at Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, which is the largest network of hospitals and services for children in Australia.
By Dave Muoio | 05:15 pm | March 15, 2018
New York-based Parachute Health — a startup looking to digitize the ordering of durable medical equipment (DME) and other critical medical equipment for patients leaving the hospital — told MobiHealthNews that it has secured $5.
By Laura Lovett | 04:49 pm | March 15, 2018
Keeping track of insulin dosage and figuring out the right injection angle can be a challenge for people living with diabetes.