On a warm day in early July, Ed Houlihan guided kayakers on a four-mile trip on Cape Cod from Popponesset Bay up the Mashpee River to a freshwater pond. It was three hours of paddling round trip, but afterward Mr. Houlihan, 83, felt no worse for wear — at first. Five days later, his left […]
Inbound Health, a value-based care enablement platform for health systems and plans to provide at-home acute and post-acute care, announced the close of a $30 million Series B funding round led by HealthQuest Capital. Existing investors McKesson Ventures and Flare Capital Partners participated in the round. The Minnesota-based company will use the funds to expand […]
Tesla and Elon Musk are reportedly under a federal probe over perks and transactions between the company, the CEO, and other companies under Musk’s control. Last month, it was reported that a federal investigation by the DOJ was launched around reports that Elon Musk might have misused funds from Tesla for a personal project. More […]
CardMedic – a Health Tech World Award-winning app which translates common clinical conversations into different languages and formats – will be used to make care more personalised, improve communication with healthcare staff and boost safety for maternity service users in north east London. People using maternity services in the area will be encouraged to play […]
Harley Street Medical Area Clinic CUBEX has launched a wellbeing offering to help address the mental health issues around hearing loss. The clinic – based at 25 New Cavendish Street – has launched ‘The Wellbeing by CUBEX’; a range of wellness-focused health and lifestyle related offerings to support people who are suffering from cognitive decline or emotional imbalance. The […]
Moots is known for its premium, hand-built bikes that focus on a high level of craftsmanship designed for dedicated riders. Now the company is bringing that same level of professionalism to its first e-bike, the Moots Express – although you probably wouldn’t realize the bike was even electric if you saw it whizz by on […]
The recent NHS announcement of the expansion of virtual wards to include children’s services, underlines the significance of the shift towards community based care. Technology innovation is playing a key role in enabling high quality, consistent care to patients both in their own homes and care homes, a model that not only releases pressure on […]
A visiting researcher at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center was startled when he read the warning from the Food and Drug Administration about a product that had been used in spine surgeries at the esteemed Manhattan hospital. The fluid, derived from umbilical cord blood, was not approved for such procedures, the agency cautioned, and its Idaho […]
NHS England has published for integrated care boards an intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge, with recommended actions for ICBs including improving data use for planning and implementing digital tools to support workforce efficiency. The framework brings together learnings from eight sites across the country where new approaches have been […]
Applications for the ABHI US Accelerator 2024 cohort are closing in mid-October, with nearly 50 per cent of places taken already, the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) has announced. The programme is designed to empower UK health tech companies seeking to expand and strengthen their presence in the US, fostering transatlantic collaborations and trade. Now […]
