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Philips Teams with University of Kentucky's UK HealthCare to Power State's only eICU Clinical Command Center

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and UK HealthCare, the clinical enterprise of the University of Kentucky, announced a collaboration to create Kentucky's only operating clinical command center for tele-critical care and operational optimization.

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Smartphone Application for Coronavirus Contact Tracing

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a free, open-source smartphone application that permits contact tracing for potential coronavirus infections while preserving privacy. The team's project is detailed in a paper published recently in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

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Are you a HealthTech or BioTech Startup? Apply Now to X-Europe

The EU funded programme called X-Europe aims to foster the growth of the leading European deeptech startups by providing top-notch training and services, and guiding partnerships with investors, corporations, and governments. The programme is delivered by five leaders in the startup community - F6S, TNW, Design Terminal, Growth Tribe, and TechChill.

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Coronavirus Brings Dawn of Digital Healthcare

In light of the highly-infectious Coronavirus pandemic, healthcare systems across the world have had to adapt rapidly for the evolving situation for three reasons:
1. The need to triage and treat large number of patients with respiratory problems
2. The need to protect healthcare workers to ensure they can treat the sick
3. The need to protect the elderly and most vulnerable in society from being infected

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World-First Breakthrough in Ventilator Splitting

A world-first breakthrough by Australian researchers in ventilator splitting could help hospitals under severe stress as the number of critical COVID-19 cases continues to rise. For the first time, researchers have successfully tested, in a simulated environment, the potential to ventilate two lungs of different compliances from a single ventilator.

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Social Media can Forecast Economic Impact of Disasters Including COVID-19 Pandemic

Social media should be used to chart the economic impact and recovery of businesses in countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in Nature Communications. University of Bristol scientists describe a 'real time' method accurately trialled across three global natural disasters which could be used to reliably forecast the financial impact of the current global health crisis.

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Scientists on Standby Portal Launched to Support the Recruitment of Overflow Resource for the Testing of COVID-19

Scientists on Standby has been rapidly conceptualised and launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis and in anticipation of the increasing pressure on UK diagnostic testing laboratories and facilities in the coming weeks and months. The portal enables scientists with relevant skills and experience to volunteer their time, expertise and support for COVID-19 screening and testing.

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SilverCloud Health Announces $16M Series B Funding for Digital Mental Health Platform

SilverCloud Health, the world's leading digital mental health platform for providers, health plans and employers is to enhance its range of therapy programmes in the UK as part of expansion plans after securing $16m (~13m pounds sterling) funding from leading health investment groups.

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Successful Online Management of COVID-19 Infection

A team of researchers in Wuhan, China have developed a multidisciplinary self-managed home quarantine method that was effective in controlling the source of COVID-19 infection and was useful in alleviating the shortage of medical resources. The case study "Implications for Online Management: Two Cases with COVID-19" describes the use of an online/offline multidisciplinary quarantine observation form,

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Britain's GPs Reducing the Risks of COVID-19 with the Latest Phone and Video Tech

GPs and returning healthcare workers can now work remotely from home to minimise the spread of coronavirus through new ‘breakthrough’ digital telephone and video technology that will help protect the frontline workforce from infection.

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