An immersive virtual tour of the neonatal intensive care unit at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow went live in July 2024 to help alleviate the anxiety parents feel when visiting their newborn.
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Patient safety must be central to the design, development, and rollout of electronic patient record (EPR) systems, a report from Patient Safety Learning has stated.
The report, published on 31 July 2024, makes the case…
The digital health fundraising environment has been a roller coaster over the past few years — soaring through the thrilling highs of rapid innovation and abundant capital, followed by the stomach-churning dips of market…
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The local paper describes how the CrowdStrike update problem affected Duke Health:
40,000 of the health system’s 60,000 devices got the bad patch, 22,000 of those went to the Blue Screen of Death,…
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Traditionally serving adults, virtual opioid use disorder provider Bicycle Health launched a new program Tuesday for teens in Maine.
Bicycle Health, based in Boston, offers medication for addiction treatment, access to medical experts, therapy and…
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Welcome to the July edition of Digital Health Digest!Dive into this month’s highlights, including strategic partnerships, significant funding rounds, and crucial IT disruptions in healthcare. Explore how these developments are driving innovation and addressing…
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WHY IT MATTERSThe ransomware attack Wednesday on Orlando-based OneBlood, a blood donation organization that services more than 350 hospitals in the southwest, was the third by Russian-speaking ransomware groups on blood suppliers in recent months.
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There is no doubt that medical technology development requires a fleet of technical and scientific minds to prove feasibility. However, for a long time, product design in healthtech and medical device interface design was…
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In an era where chronic kidney disease (CKD) is slated to become the fifth leading cause of mortality globally, the imperative for innovative approaches has never been clearer. There is a need for accessible,…
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Robots with magnetic skin and movement that mimics creeping vine plants could transform cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to a study by University of Leeds.
The “magnetic vine robots” developed by Leeds researchers grow as…
