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👇 News
🏟 Representatives from the health and care sector gathered for the inaugural Stakeholder Conference in Birmingham last month. The event showcased transformative health innovations and projects led by Health Innovation West Midlands (HIWM), including initiatives for heart failure care and deterioration management tools in care homes.
💵 Visionable, a UK health tech company, has secured $5.5 million in funding to expand into the US market. Their strategic partnership with Verizon further strengthens their position, following successful ventures in the NHS and national prison service.
👩 Applications are open for the FemTech Lab Spring 2024 cohort. This 12-week acceleration program offers founders in Women’s Health the opportunity to work with 500+ expert mentors, investors, and ecosystem partners. Apply now on the FemTech website.
📰 A leading digital provider of specialist autism, ADHD, and mental health services has released a new scoping review on available mobile diagnostic apps for autism. Healios works in partnership with the NHS to innovate and address growing demands in autism and ADHD care.
Google is launching new healthcare AI models to assist clinicians and researchers in conducting intricate studies, summarizing clinician-patient interactions, and more,
CNBC
reported December 13. The suite of AI models, dubbed MedLM, is now available for eligible Google Cloud customers in the US.
❓ Did you know that?
Healthcare ranks among the top five industries most affected by unpaid invoices in 2023, with business owners suggesting around £1,448 are wrapped up in unpaid invoices, according to a new study by Capital on Tap.
📖 What we’re reading
The NHS in England faces an extremely challenging winter and tight public spending plans. Integrated care systems should be supported to deliver their plans as financial challenges are tackled, writes Chris Ham in this week’s
BMJ.
🚨 This week’s events
15 December – Digital Health’s Christmas Party 🎅🎄⛄🎁
