Digital health
Dedalus has launched ORBIS PAS, its next-generation web-based patient administration system, in the UK and Ireland. As part of the wider ORBIS ecosystem, ORBIS PAS helps organisations reduce system fragmentation by bringing administrative and clinical workflows closer together. It provides a modern administrative foundation using advanced analytics and modern interoperability standards. Built around the principle [...]
Digital Health has renewed its PR partnership with Chishick Communications for Rewired 2027, set to take place at the NEC in Birmingham. The renewal follows the agency's work on Rewired this year, including record media attendance, extensive press coverage and the launch of initiatives such as the on-site Podcast Café. Rewired 2027 will [...]
Hope Care has raised US$7m in Series A funding to expand its remote patient monitoring business across Europe. The Portuguese start-up develops OpMA, a regulated remote patient monitoring and telehealth platform that combines data from medical devices, patient-reported information and clinical workflows. The platform supports monitoring programmes for a range of chronic diseases. [...]
Private prescription platform Healistic has expanded its two-hour medication delivery service beyond London to Manchester and Birmingham. The London-based company allows private clinicians to issue electronic prescriptions and arrange for medicines to be dispensed and delivered without the patient visiting a pharmacy. Healistic says it has grown 40-fold in recent years and now serves more [...]
By Sanius Health One of the most overused words in oncology is "manageable". An adverse event can be clinically manageable and still change the structure of someone's life. It can be recorded as Grade 1 or Grade 2, recur across treatment cycles, erode sleep, reduce mobility, weaken appetite, impair cognition and quietly determine whether a [...]
A population-level analysis found 43 per cent of chronic kidney disease cases in Greater Manchester are currently undiagnosed. The analysis estimates that around 94,000 people in the region have chronic kidney disease (CKD) without a diagnosis. Most are of working age and in the early stages of the condition. It also found substantial differences linked [...]
FINN Partners, one of the world's largest independent communications and public affairs firms, has recruited Jeffrey L. Sturchio, a leading figure in international health policy, as a senior adviser to its Global Health Practice. Sturchio will sit within the firm's Health Policy and Impact Group, working alongside managing partner Mark Chataway on efforts to advise [...]
Selena Gomez has asked a court to dismiss a fraud lawsuit brought by investors in mental health startup Wondermind, calling the allegations legally deficient. Gomez, 34, filed the motion on Wednesday in Delaware federal court after being named in a lawsuit earlier this month alleging fraud and breach of contract. The complaint also names her [...]
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman have launched Luffu Link, an LTE-enabled health and safety band designed to work without a nearby phone. The US$250 wearable is available for pre-order and is expected to begin shipping in early 2027. It comes in halo gold, onyx black and sterling blue. Luffu Link combines all-day health [...]
A team of about 20 colleagues from healthcare software company Agilio will walk the Thames Path Ultra Challenge this September, aiming to raise £10,000 for the suicide prevention charity Ripple. The firm, which supplies software for dental, veterinary, pharmacy and primary care settings, will take on the challenge in support of Ripple Suicide Prevention Charity. [...]
