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Asimily report highlights threats to connected healthcare devices

Ryan Daws — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:12:13 +0000

Asimily has released a report delving into the intricate challenges faced by healthcare delivery organisations (HDOs) when it comes to safeguarding their Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices from cyber threats. HDOs are grappling with a myriad of issues, chiefly the fact that their dependency on connected devices is paramount to patient outcomes and the... Read more »

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Matter creator CSA announces healthcare working group

Ryan Daws — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:03:32 +0000

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has announced the creation of a working group focused on accelerating the adoption of Matter for healthcare purposes. Matter was released by the CSA last year with the promise of providing an interoperable standard that will finally unlock the full potential of the smart home. The CSA’s member list is... Read more »

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World’s first hands-free connected home urine lab created

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 10:22:49 +0000

Withings, a specialist in connected health, has developed U-Scan, which it describes as a breakthrough in-home biomarker analysis platform. One of the company’s most technologically advanced devices to date, U-Scan is a miniaturised health lab that hygienically sits within any toilet bowl to unlock the wealth of health information in daily urine. The device, which... Read more »

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IoT drives rapid growth in UK digital healthcare

Nick Earle — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:56:17 +0000

The NHS is suffering with a huge backlog of elective procedures due to the pandemic. This means that the share of individuals who are satisfied with the quality of NHS care has fallen to around 71%, and only 53% are satisfied with how the healthcare service runs today. The good news is that the government is focused... Read more »

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NHS trials delivering chemotherapy drugs using drones

Ryan Daws — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:53:43 +0000

NHS England is trialling the use of drones to rapidly deliver chemotherapy drugs. The announcement, made on the 74th birthday of the NHS, will see drones pick up lifesaving drugs and enable same-day delivery to patients. “As the NHS turns 74, it is clear that the pace of change and improvement across the health service... Read more »

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Berg Insight claims 8.6M Europeans were using connected healthcare in 2021

Ryan Daws — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:38:16 +0000

Research from Berg Insight suggests 8.6 million Europeans were using connected healthcare solutions in 2021. The figure relates to the end of 2021 and consists of traditional telecare, next-generation telecare, and telehealth solutions in EU27+3 countries. “As lockdowns and quarantines were imposed all around the world, healthcare providers were motivated to adopt remote patient monitoring... Read more »

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IoMT devices in smart hospitals to exceed 7M by 2026

Ryan Daws — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:13:03 +0000

A study by Juniper Research suggests the number of IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) in smart hospitals will exceed seven million by 2026. The leading research firm’s analysts expect 7.4 million IoMT devices to be deployed globally, with over 3,850 per smart hospital. Adam Wears, Research Analyst at Juniper Research, said: “The emergence of remote... Read more »

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Frankfurt Airport is using IOTA to verify COVID-19 test results

Ryan Daws — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:42:08 +0000

Frankfurt Airport is using the IOTA DAG (Direct Acyclic Graph) to securely and privately verify the COVID-19 results of passengers. COVID-19 is set to continue causing disruptions to our lives for the best part of this year, or potentially longer. Fortunately, technologies are emerging which are hastening the return to some form of normality. Spending... Read more »

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Continued investment in emerging tech can spur the NHS into the future

Anne Sheehan — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:36:07 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for most organisations, large or small, and the NHS is no different. To overcome these challenges, the NHS has looked towards technology to help keep its hospitals running at capacity and continue to provide the standard of care we’ve come to expect. Working at Vodafone, I’ve witnessed the digital... Read more »

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Japan wants to establish global standards for human-assisting robots

Ryan Daws — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:19:05 +0000

Japan has opened a consultation with the International Standards Organisation (ISO) in a bid to establish standards for human-assisting robots. Part of the reason for Japan’s huge investments into robotics is the country’s ageing population. Robots designed to help the elderly are becoming increasingly commonplace. Japan has already created a national standard for robot-to-human interactions... Read more »

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