Mark Minevich Contributor Share on Twitter Mark Minevich is a digital fellow at IPSoft. Japan, still suffering the consequences of its ‘Lost Decade’ of economic stagnation, is eyeing a transformation more radical than any the industrialized world has ever seen. Boldly identified as “Society 5.0” Japan describes its initiative as a purposeful effort to create […]
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UK health minister sets out tech-first vision for future care provision
The UK’s still fairly new in post minister for health, Matt Hancock, quickly made technology one of his stated priorities. And today he’s put more meat on the bones of his thinking, setting out a vision for transforming, root and branch, how the country’s National Health Service operates to accommodate the plugging in of “healthtech” […]
View More UK health minister sets out tech-first vision for future care provisionSiilo injects $5.1M to try to transplant WhatsApp use in hospitals
Consumer messaging apps like WhatsApp are not only insanely popular for chatting with friends but have pushed deep into the workplace too, thanks to the speed and convenience they offer. They have even crept into hospitals, as time-strapped doctors reach for a quick and easy way to collaborate over patient cases on the ward. Yet […]
View More Siilo injects $5.1M to try to transplant WhatsApp use in hospitalsFemtech hardware startup Elvie inks strategic partnership with UK’s NHS
Elvie, a femtech hardware startup whose first product is a sleek smart pelvic floor exerciser, has inked a strategic partnership with the UK’s National Health Service that will make the device available nationwide through the country’s free-at-the-point-of-use healthcare service so at no direct cost to the patient. It’s a major win for the startup that was […]
View More Femtech hardware startup Elvie inks strategic partnership with UK’s NHSSnap40 raises $8M for its AI-powered patient monitoring solution
Snap40, a Scottish startup that has developed an AI-enabled wearable device to help health professionals monitor patients either on the hospital ward or at home, has raised $8 million in seed funding. The round is led by ADV, with participation from MMC Ventures, and brings total funding to $10 million. Originally launched as a clinical […]
View More Snap40 raises $8M for its AI-powered patient monitoring solutionDrone development should focus on social good first, says UK report
A UK government backed drone innovation project that’s exploring how unmanned aerial vehicles could benefit cities — including for use-cases such as medical delivery, traffic incident response, fire response and construction and regeneration — has reported early learnings from the first phase of the project. Five city regions are being used as drone test-beds as […]
View More Drone development should focus on social good first, says UK reportUK report warns DeepMind Health could gain “excessive monopoly power”
DeepMind’s foray into digital health services continues to raise concerns. The latest worries are voiced by a panel of external reviewers appointed by the Google-owned AI company to report on its operations after its initial data-sharing arrangements with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) ran into a major public controversy in 2016. The DeepMind Health Independent […]
View More UK report warns DeepMind Health could gain “excessive monopoly power”Audit of NHS Trust’s app project with DeepMind raises more questions than it answers
A third party audit of a controversial patient data-sharing arrangement between a London NHS Trust and Google DeepMind appears to have skirted over the core issues that generated the controversy in the first place. The audit (full report here) — conducted by law firm Linklaters — of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust’s acute kidney injury detection app […]
View More Audit of NHS Trust’s app project with DeepMind raises more questions than it answersBritain’s health service uses long Twitter thread to explain why it needs more black people to donate blood
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The NHS, Britain’s national health service, has launched into a long Twitter thread to explain why it’s calling for more black people to donate blood.
Using celebrity GIFs and millennial slang, the Blood and Transplant social media team seemed to be trying to preemptively fend off possible allegations of racism while explaining that blood groups are more or less common in different ethnic groups:
People from Black African and Black Caribbean ethnic backgrounds are also more likely to have the rare subgroup called Ro — about “ten times more likely than a white person,” the NHS said. Read more…
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