Dental anxiety and mistrust are among the leading reasons individuals avoid dental treatment. Approximately 36% of people in the U.S. have a fear of dental care, with 12% experiencing extreme fear. This leads to…
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Heim Health co-founders Sasha Tory (left), Kelly Klifa (centre) and James Monico (right) (Credit: Heim Health)
Heim Health, a software platform that helps deliver at-home care, has announced a £2.2 million seed funding round…
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England’s three-hospital Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust cancels outpatient appointments due to an unspecified cybersecurity incident. Patients were asked to avoid visiting the emergency department for non-emergencies.
A hospital employee told a newspaper…
Aerial view of NHS Arrowe Park Teaching Hospital buildings (Credit: JSvideos / Shutterstock.com)
A “major incident” has been declared at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust “for cyber security reasons”.
In a statement on…
It’s a multiphased project that will see the Cheers CRM enabling Sentara Health’s clinical access center to view all of the patient information in one dashboard, including scheduled appointments, bills and claims, and previous…
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NHS England has announced plans to provide advanced eye scans in the community for people with diabetes, potentially saving up to 120,000 hospital appointments a year and helping to prevent sight loss.
The rollout of…
Blooms The Chemist implements booking platformPharmacy chain Blooms The Chemist has adopted Healthengine’s booking platform to streamline appointment management and enhance scheduling.
It now allows customers to book pharmacy services, including vaccinations, via Healthengine round…
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) is leading a trial of healthcare AI assistant TORTUS to evaluate whether it could increase face-face time between patients and clinicians during NHS appointments.
TORTUS uses ambient voice…
The cyber attack on NHS pathology provider Synnovis caused at least 119 incidents of patient harm, including at least five cases of “moderate” harm, according to figures provided by South East London Integrated Care…
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A new care management app will be made available to 250,000 unpaid carers in West Yorkshire following an agreement between NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and technology company Care Networx.
The Care Networx…
