Health Technologies

Listen: Alpha-Stim: The drug-free mental health treatment

  • December 21, 2023
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On the Health Tech World Podcast, we track the latest challenges and developments and uncover fascinating insights from the frontline of health and med tech development. In this week’s episode, we speak to anxiety sufferer Steve Hutchinson about Alpha-Stim – an approved, portable, at-home device offering drug-free, safe relief from anxiety, insomnia, chronic pain and depression, used […]

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Reflections from across the NHS: Primary care access, patient portals, EPRs, optimisation, data, emerging tech, digital inclusion and more… – htn

  • December 21, 2023
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As we approach the end of 2023, we’re taking a look back on the year’s progress and achievements by asking NHS professionals: reflecting on 2023, what digital projects and programmes are you most proud of? Morgan Daly, digital strategy transformation lead for One Care, the GP federation that represents and supports practices across Bristol, North […]

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Leeds Teaching Hospitals introduces 3D heart replicas to support surgical interventions – htn

  • December 21, 2023
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A biomedical engineer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has created 3D heart replicas with the aim to support surgical interventions for patients with congenital heart defects. Scans are taken of a patient’s heart and turned into a 3D replica using computer-aided design; these designs can then be studied on the computer screen, or […]

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Eight community pharmacy suppliers awarded grants to develop electronic prescription service in Wales – htn

  • December 21, 2023
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Eight community pharmacy system suppliers have been awarded funding to develop an electronic prescription service (EPS) in Wales, with the grants intended to support suppliers to make the necessary changes to facilitate the delivery of prescriptions electronically, and to integrate with the new NHS Wales App when it is launched. Grants have been provided by […]

Quick Charge Podcast: December 20, 2023

  • December 21, 2023
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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee […]

This Scottish EV charging hub is next-level extraordinary

  • December 20, 2023
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The City of Dundee in Scotland planned and paid for an EV charging hub on a former gas station site, and they pretty much thought of everything. A coastal city with a population of 148,000, Dundee takes its EV charging infrastructure rollout seriously: To date, it’s got 370 EV charging stations, 185 of which are […]

Tesla secures new credit union partner to reduce electric car payments

  • December 20, 2023
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Tesla has secured a new credit union partner to help reduce monthly electric car payments amid elevated interest rates. Over the last year, one of the biggest storylines around Tesla has been the elevated interest rates affecting prices. Tesla has consistently reduced its prices throughout the year in order to keep demand up – partly […]

Waymo says its self-driving cars are safer than human drivers by up to 10x

  • December 20, 2023
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Waymo has released a report saying that its Waymo Driver self-driving vehicles outperform human drivers significantly, leading to much fewer crashes and injuries when compared to benchmark human drivers. Waymo’s data claims a 57% reduction in crashes that were reported to the police and an 85% reduction in crashes that caused any bodily injury. The […]