Alexa will see you now: NHS partners with Amazon

Amazon’s algorithms trawl information on NHS websites to provide answers to questions like: “How do I treat a migraine?” or
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Patients get better night’s sleep thanks to Digital Care Assistant

Oxford Health has introduced Oxehealth’s Digital Care Assistant (DCA), which allows nurses to check patients' vitals at night without a
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Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2019 finalist profile: Oxipit

The start up was one of the 16 finalists in this year’s Rewired Pitchfest so we sat down with Jogundas
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Digital provides ‘appropriate care’ to prevent avoidable hospital admissions

A report, from data and insights provider Dr Foster, found avoidable emergency admissions in the UK have risen 9% between
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Push Doctor rated ‘good’ after previous concerns around ‘unsafe’ care

The latest report found the provider had implemented previous advise on prescribing practice to bring them in line with national
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NHSE consultation on digital GPs could stifle Babylon’s expansion

The proposed changes would address funding inequalities between local GP practices and digital providers and address high patient churn in
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Collaboration instead of competition ‘key for successful joined up care’

The Health and Social Care Committee said the NHS should not become a “monopoly” as it would not be in
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Healthcare lacks ‘knowledge base’ that tech could bridge

GOSH CCIO Shankar Sridharan said businesses were already ahead in collecting data to provide better customer service, and healthcare needed
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Industry news in brief

This months industry round-up features news one in five NHS trusts developed AI to improve patient services and online doctor
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5G robotic glove could diagnose patients before they reach A&E

Paramedics can perform an ultrasound using the robotic glove, while clinicians send signals over the 5G network using a control
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