wearable technology

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10 July 2018

NHS looks to the cosmos for innovation drive with UK Space Agency

Up to £4 million will be made available to innovators who can demonstrate how tech originally designed for space could
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26 February 2018

Nokia’s digital health unit misses the pulse as company announces strategic review

Nokia’s digital health arm is up for review, hinting at fresh struggles from the Finnish vendor to break into the
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15 January 2018

East Lancashire Hospitals Trust adopts fall-preventing wearables

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has started using new wearable technology specifically designed to prevent falls in older people.
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15 November 2017

Researchers talk up potential of wearable and implantable tech for people with COPD

Health researchers have called for further studies into the potential of smart technology for people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
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26 July 2017

People want to share their health data with Google, report reveals

The highly anticipated report, Internet Trends 2017, reveals people are willing to share their health data with leading tech brands
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9 January 2017

Wearable Parkinson’s system gets CE marking

Health monitoring device and software gets rare Europe stamp of approval as NHS examines news ways to assess patient facing
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14 October 2016

Scottish health wearable start-up secured £2m

Snap40's wearable device and app is designed to detect deterioration in patients early and alerts clinicians.
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14 September 2016

Graphnet plugs wearables into care record

A project to improve the care of patients with epilepsy has led to the launch of a Graphnet product that
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27 June 2016

West of England begins pilot to help people with diabetes

A suite of mobile technologies is to be rolled out to 12,000 people with diabetes in the West of England
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22 January 2016

Stevens launches innovation ‘test beds’

Seven ‘test bed’ sites for innovations such as remote monitoring and wearable technologies will be announced today by NHS England
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