NHS trust levels up patient and therapist experience with new Hand Therapy app
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its official charity, CW+, have launched a brand-new version of their smartphone app, Hand Therapy: The Exercise…
App to enable councils to deliver virtual support to vulnerable people during pandemic
AutonoMe, the creators of apps and support programmes for vulnerable people in social care settings, has today announced that its service has gone live across…
“Revolutionary” app launched to keep families connected with care home residents
Dementia care specialist Vida Healthcare has launched a “revolutionary” new app to keep its residents and their families connected during COVID-19. Recent research by Vida…
Healthcare professionals get free access to crisis management functionality amid COVID-19 outbreak
One of Europe’s largest messaging networks for healthcare professionals, Siilo, is offering free access to its organisational crisis management functionality in response to the coronavirus…
WHO launches innovative interactive app to help improve care for older people
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a package of tools, including a new digital application to help health and social workers provide better care…
Apple reveals innovative new health studies that monitor people’s heart, movement and hearing
Technology giant Apple has announced “ground-breaking” new medical studies which integrate important healthcare monitoring into its popular products, including the iPhone and Apple Watch. The…
Multi-million pound investment to help create innovative and scaleable tech to treat MSK disorders
Digital therapeutics company Kaia Health has announced a £ million funding round, led by Optum Ventures, to address the rising costs of treating musculoskeletal disorders…
Stroke rehabilitation app trial launches to complement efforts of healthcare professionals
The Helix Centre – a healthcare innovation lab established by Imperial College London and The Royal College of Art – is trialling its new rehabilitation…
First medically approved back pain app aims to end nationwide epidemic of back pain in UK offices
Experts behind Kaia, the first and only medically approved back pain app in the UK, want to end the nationwide epidemic of back pain in…
Study finds that healthcare app helps improve pain control after surgery
A new smartphone app, called PainCoach, that has been developed by scientists can help improve pain control and reduce opiate painkiller use after surgery, research…