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NHSX funds 14 new projects to support patients using digital technology

Technology-led projects awarded funding to help improve patient support

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BBH Awards 2024 - The Winners

Find out who took home the trophies at yesterday's ceremony
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Building an innovation culture in medical technology

Rachel Fallon, chief technology officer at Sky Medical Technology, tells <i>BBH</i> why MedTech companies need to balance design, manufacturing, regulatory, and compliance issues to deliver products that can be both globally adopted and commercially successful

East of England celebrates 10 years of better stroke care with Visionable

The East of England Stroke Telemedicine Partnership has been delivering consultant expertise to the bedside of stroke patients for a decade and has a lot to teach NHS services looking to implement remote services post-COVID

iRhythm’s cardiac monitor receives first-of-its-kind recommendation

Zio XT Service becomes first technology to complete NICE digital health pilot, with evidence of improved patient experience and cost savings for the NHS

Q&A: Providing care during a pandemic

We speak to award-winning cardiologist, Dr Boon Lim, about the transformation of patient care since the COVID-19 outbreak and the greater role technology will have to play moving forward

iRhythm Technologies announces NHS funding for cardiac monitoring device

Company selected from over 500 applicants in first-of-its-kind Digital Health Technologies Pilot

Four COVID-19 digital healthcare projects awarded share of £200,000 moneypot

Grants from The Health Innovation Manchester Momentum Fund will address priority areas for the COVID-19 response

Glenfield Hospital first to implant world’s-smallest leadless pacemaker

Medtronic's Micra AV Transcatheter Pacing System chosen by Althea for ground-breaking procedure

Millions of patients to benefit from £10m national cardiovascular data science centre

British Heart Foundation and Health Data Research UK announce director of ground-breaking new centre aiming to link health data to save and improve lives

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Health Innovation Manchester opens £300,000 funding call

Fund will support introduction of proven innovations to transform care

The new Royal Papworth opens to the public

Holistic design approach for UK's leading heart and lung hospital

NHS trust and Philips agree 14-year partnership

Deal with County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to unlock potential in radiology and cardiology

Firefighters to use mobile electro-cardiograph screening devices

Technology will check for atrial fibrillation during home visits

NICE recommends Thopaz+ portable, digital system for managing chest drains

Impact assessment reveals Medela's chest drain management system could save £8.5m a year and lead to shorter hospital stays

New device can rule out heart attacks in 3-5 minutes, saving £200m a year

University spin-out company reveals Vitalscan, which uses magnetocardiography to detect healthy hearts, helping NHS to avoid unneccessary tests

Case study: Supporting the transformation of imaging IT across Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Changes within the IT imaging team presented an opportunity to assess the general health of the cardiology and radiology imaging IT environment, processes and workflows

NICE throws weight behind non-invasive cardiac diagnostics technology

NICE guidance recommends HeartFlow FFRct analysis to determine cause of stable chest pain

New Doppler sound database could save the lives of people with heart conditions

Podiatrist, Andrew Sharpe, will use the new database to help practitioners know exactly what to listen for in people with suspected arterial disease

Latest NICE Medical Innovation Briefings published

Documents lay out case for NHS using devices for corneal blindness, heart failure, and neurological weakness or paralysis

Biotronik study validates in-office insertion of BioMonitor 2 Cardiac Monitor

Device monitors cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation

Steerable catheter unveiled to treat cardiac arrhythmia

Cambridge Design Partnership and King’s College London develop micro-moulded catheter which enables delivery of radio frequency energy to specific points in the heart tissue

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MedTech start-up launches AI-driven AF risk prediction solution

STABILITY platform from Rinicare uses AI technology to provide advanced clinical risk prediction and acts as an early warning system for patient deterioration

Addressing the DVT burden on maternity wards

How studies have shown the use of an innovative device can reduce DVT among expectant mums

NHS and remote healthcare innovator partner to support heart failure patients

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust deploys Luscii monitoring platform

Heart failure patients try out new app

Software and digital devices helps to reduce hospital admissions among patients in Salford

my mhealth and collaborators awarded €2.5m Eurostars Grant for better heart health project

Immersive cardiac rehabilitation app, myHeart, uses behavioural feedback and gamification features to improve patient wellbeing

Ground-breaking remote patient monitoring platform for hypertension is launched

OMRON Healthcare's Hypertension Plus marks significant step towards the future of remote and patient-empowered healthcare

GE Healthcare launches new AI suite to detect chest X-ray abnormalities

Collaboration with Lunit quickly analyses chest X-ray findings and flags abnormalities including pneumonia, which may be indicative of COVID-19

Philips and Leeds NHS trust set new standards for integrated cardiac care

Seven-year agreement puts patients at heart of service design to support increased excellence across specialist care, research and local care provision

Cardiovascular disease targeted in new partnership

Data visualisation tools developed by Zegami will be used by Oxford University for large cardiovascular clinical trials

iRhythm launches in UK to tackle growing vascular health challenges

Digital healthcare company aims to redefine the detection and diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities

iRhythm announces collaboration with Verily

Link-up to develop management solutions for patients with atrial fibrillation

Philips extends advanced automation capabilities on its EPIQ CVx cardiology ultrasound platform

New release reduces the number of touches of the system by 21% and provides advanced automation for right ventricle volumes and ejection fraction measurements