Welcome to your daily dose of digital health news, information, and events to keep you informed and up-to-date.
👇 News
🌳 Healthcare communications provider Cymphony has achieved net-zero carbon status in collaboration with Carbon Footprint Limited. Cymphony focuses on enhancing day-to-day operations for healthcare providers like bookings and communications. The NHS aims to achieve net zero by 2040 for emissions under its control.
🏆 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s trial tracker, designed to quickly identify eligible patients for research studies, has been nominated for two HSJ Digital Awards. The tool, developed with support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research and Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre, is currently being used for stroke patients and will expand to other clinical areas.
💰 The Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute and Oxford Drug Design have received UK Medical Research Council funding to advance cancer therapeutics discovery using AI drug discovery expertise.
💧 A new sweat monitoring device that does not require physical activity to induce sweating has been developed by Dr. Kim Joohee from the Bionics Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Professor John A. Rogers from Northwestern University.
🚀 Oy Apotti Ab in Finland has deployed uPerform, a ‘just-in-time learning platform,’ for its Epic-based electronic health record system to enhance learning material development and distribution for healthcare professionals.
❓ Did you know that?
Cervical screening saves over 2,000 lives annually in the UK. Despite overall improvements in screening rates, the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index reported that less than 1 in 5 women are screened for cancer.
A spokesperson for Hologic emphasized the urgent need for increased awareness and improved access to screening services, especially for a preventable cancer.
📖 What we’re reading
Beamtree’s Global Impact Committee released a report on leveraging AI to empower patients and develop new digital services effectively and at scale.
🚨 This week’s events
5-6 June, Munich – health.tech conference
