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Computer Vision App Allows Easier Monitoring of Diabetes

A computer vision technology developed by University of Cambridge engineers has now been developed into a free mobile phone app for regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.

The app uses computer vision techniques to read and record the glucose levels, time and date displayed on a typical glucose test via the camera on a mobile phone.

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DMEA Newcomer Award: The Search is on for New Ideas in Digital Healthcare

13 - 15 April 2021, Berlin, Germany.
More efficient, digital and patient-friendly! Tomorrow's healthcare system promises great things. And to ensure this becomes reality a fresh impetus and creative ideas are needed. Those are exactly the things that DMEA - Connecting Digital Health, Europe's largest event for health IT is honouring again next year with the DMEA Newcomer Award.

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Survey of COVID-19 Research Provides Fresh Overview

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have explored all COVID-19 research published during the initial phase of the pandemic. The results, which were achieved by using a machine learning-based approach and published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, will make it easier to direct future research to where it is most needed.

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Interactive virtual reality emerges as a new tool for drug design against COVID-19

Bristol scientists have demonstrated a new virtual reality [VR] technique which should help in developing drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus - and enable researchers to share models and collaborate in new ways. The innovative tool, created by University of Bristol researchers, and published in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, will help scientists around the world identify anti-viral drug leads more rapidly.

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Central Hospital in Finland Automates Symptom Tracking of Coronavirus-Infected Patients' with Help of an App

This November Central Ostrobothnia Central Hospital in Finland has started symptom tracking and remote monitoring of corona virus-infected patients with the Buddy Healthcare mobile application and clinical monitoring platform. The patient management platform digitizes and automates the symptom tracking process and enables secure two-way communication between patients and healthcare professionals.

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Leeds Deploys Imaging Tech for Advanced NHS Regional Digital Pathology Network

A multi-million pound initiative that is digitising, connecting and applying artificial intelligence to NHS pathology services in the North of England has taken an important step, after Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust became the first of an initial six trusts in the Northern Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) to deploy a technology that will underpin the regional programme.

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South Tees Signs Major Deal with Alcidion for Smart Health Tech

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a major deal with smart health technology provider Alcidion. An entire range of new technology capabilities will alleviate pressure for busy NHS professionals, helping to automate routine tasks, enhance patient safety and improve the delivery of care, whilst also fully harnessing the trust’s existing IT.

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Professorship for Digital Health Interventions

The professorship is created together with the University of St. Gallen (HSG) at the newly founded "School of Medicine" of the HSG and affiliated with the Institute for Implementation Science of the University of Zurich. The future professor will become a member of the board of directors of the "School of Medicine".

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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Deploys DXC Technology's Cloud-based Mobile App

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has deployed DXC Technology's (NYSE:DXC) cloud-based Clinical Aide mobile application, which both improves secure access to electronic patient medical records and increases patient and hospital staff safety by limiting unneeded contact in higher-risk areas such as COVID-19 wards and intensive care units.

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App to Help NHS Prevent Deadly Hospital Illnesses that Complicate COVID Cases

Compass app to help NHS trusts prevent hospital-acquired acute kidney injury and pneumonia - both of which cause harm to COVID-19 patients and can be fatal. Hospitals could alleviate pressure on ICU, save hundreds of lives and reduce costs associated with critical care by millions of pounds.

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