innovation

AWS, NHS, PUBLIC, Amazon Web Services, mental health, innovation
By  Tammy Lovell 10:12 am November 9, 2021
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is collaborating with government-focused tech firm PUBLIC to launch its accelerator programme for UK-based digital healthcare startups. The virtual four-week mentorship opportunity is open to innovative companies focused on elective care, population health, citizen access and workforce. A cohort of 10 selected healthcare startups will receive AWS promotional credits,...
AstraZeneca, Slush, patient outcomes, cross-sector partnerships, innovation
By  Tammy Lovell 02:16 pm September 28, 2021
Pharma giant AstraZeneca is providing a new platform for innovators to discuss health innovation insights through interactive founder roundtables. The first of two virtual events last week, in collaboration with startup event organisers Slush, explored how innovation can help rebuild healthcare. It also highlighted how collaboration improve patient outcomes and address unmet needs. New startups...
Screenshots of Dongwoon Anatech's blood glucose monitoring device.
By  Thiru Gunasegaran 02:40 am April 12, 2021
South Korean fabless manufacturer Dongwoon Anatech is seeking the approval of both the US and Korean Food and Drug Administration for the commercial rollout of its saliva-based glucose monitoring device after completing its first clinical trial in December. WHAT IT DOES The glucose monitoring device called D-SaLife, a product of six years of research and development, makes use of microcurrent...
By  Mallory Hackett 12:07 pm August 11, 2020
Healthcare organizations must become more collaborative with patients, employees, partners and the public when creating digital innovations to have success in the future, according to research from Accenture. The professional services company released its "Digital Health Technology Vision 2020" report that identified five trends that emerged before the COVID-19 pandemic, but that have only...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:31 pm June 24, 2020
COVID-19 has rapidly changed the world for nearly everyone, especially for those working in and around the healthcare space. Digital health entrepreneurs are no exception. As the markets they serve, the investors who fund them and the patients they’re trying to help all grapple with how the pandemic has changed their world, many startups are finding they have to pivot in order to survive. “It’s...
Person rolling a boulder uphill
By  Dave Muoio 12:30 pm June 10, 2020
The healthcare startup market has always had the unique challenge of selling its innovations almost exclusively to major businesses. Although recent years have seen a rise in digital health offerings focused on patient satisfaction, if not on selling their product directly to the consumer, the reality of the industry is that insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, large employers, health systems,...
By  Piers Ford 08:40 am April 3, 2020
The lack of a co-ordinated approach to procurement is hampering the efforts of healthcare tech companies and innovators to meet the growing demand from healthcare delivery organisations for equipment and digitally-enabled remote services across Europe sparked by COVID-19. The European Commission’s widely welcomed adoption of decisions on harmonised standards for medical devices that will enable a...
By  Tammy Lovell 03:59 am April 1, 2020
London-based FundamentalVR, a digital health company that uses virtual reality (VR) to help train surgeons, today announced the expansion of its educational platform Fundamental Surgery. Its new education modality @HomeVR brings educational simulations, accredited by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons, to standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and...
By  Sophie Porter 04:22 am March 30, 2020
LIVI, the UK branch of Europe’s largest digital healthcare provider KRY, has launched a free web-based platform that will enable healthcare professionals to connect with patients via video consultations. LIVI Connect - which operates as Care Connect by KRY elsewhere in Europe - is available to all practicing medical professionals free of charge, regardless of whether they already have a LIVI...