Your morning abstract of digital well being information, data and occasions to find out about if you wish to be “within the know”.
👇 Information
🔊 Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Belief is piloting good expertise to assist make hospital wards a quieter place for sufferers and workers. Software program is being applied on the maternity ward to silence affected person name bells and as an alternative direct audible alerts to cell phones of workers. The pilot will measure the noise discount and the related advantages and if efficiently prolong it to different wards on the hospital.
☁ OneAdvanced Well being and Care’s cloud-based software program shall be rolled out by NHS Nationwide Providers Scotland to help GP practices within the nation in processing, sharing and storing their digital paperwork. The answer will substitute an older model of OneAdvanced’s software program and is predicted to be absolutely applied in over 900 practices by subsequent yr.
🔎 A brand new analysis paper has revealed how new medical gadgets, mixed with superior machine studying methods, may provide a promising different to conventional spirometry for diagnosing Power Obstructive Pulmonary Illness (COPD). The paper, developed by TidalSense, included information from 5 medical research. Interpretable machine studying was used to diagnose COPD and assess severity utilizing 75-second carbon dioxide (CO2) breath information captured in these research with TidalSense’s N-Tidal capnometer.
🚀 Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s healthtech startup Neko Well being opened its first physique scanning facility in Stockholm in February final yr and has gone on to finish 3,000 scans. Now it’s heading to London with a launch deliberate for this summer time.
📱 Outcomes from the Bladder Emptying Dysfunction Remedy (BEST) Trial have discovered that an app-based remedy can result in vital enhancements within the decrease urinary tract techniques skilled by tens of millions of males. The research explored pelvic flooring coaching, behavioural remedy and bladder management methods, all delivered as an app-based therapeutic.
❓ Do you know that?
The acquisition of a brand new Epic EHR has contributed to Cleveland-based College Hospitals’ working losses in 2022 and 2023, Cleveland.com reported final week.
The acquisition of the brand new EHR, together with rising worker bills and inflation, have been cited by College Hospitals as elements contributing to its second consecutive working deficit.
🔊 What we’re listening to
Faces of Digital Well being – a podcast about digital well being, exploring how completely different healthcare techniques undertake applied sciences in healthcare. Its purpose is to fulfill curiosity about completely different cultures, determine limitations to success in numerous international locations and discovering solutions and recommendation for accelerating the success of digital well being entrepreneurs.
🚨 This week’s occasions
9 Might, Birmingham – The Built-in Care Supply Discussion board 2024