Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
👇 News
🩸 In a groundbreaking initiative by the NHS, tens of thousands of children and adults with type 1 diabetes in England will receive an ‘artificial pancreas’ that continually monitors blood glucose and adjusts insulin levels automatically.
📈 Practice Plus Group has successfully transitioned to the MAXIMS Electronic Patient Record Solution, streamlining operations at multiple sites and paving the way for future upgrades for better functionality and security protocols.
🤰 Professor Nathan Blue is developing an AI tool to predict stillbirth risk by analyzing past pregnancy outcomes, potentially revolutionizing prenatal care.
📲 Archangel launches Responder app for health, housing, and social care organizations, enabling quick responses to various alarms and alerts.
👩 An AI tool known as Mia successfully identified signs of breast cancer missed by human doctors, potentially reducing waiting times for results significantly.
❓ Did you know that?
Research shows that searches for cancer symptoms spiked after Kate Middleton’s diagnosis announcement, highlighting the influence of public figures on health awareness.
📖 What we’re reading
News Medical – The Role of AI in Pathogen Detection and Epidemic Protection by Antonia Du Bois
🚨 This week’s events
3-4 April, London Business School – LBS HealthCare Conference 2024
