Focus:
Automation
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11 September 2019
NHS users prefer virtual assistants to humans, finds EBO.ai study
New research from EBO.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company that works on automating conversations, has revealed that most NHS service users prefer digital messaging over human interaction when communicating with...
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5 July 2019
Wearable body patch allows early detection of sepsis
A body-worn monitoring system developed by UK-based Isansys Lifecare has the potential to speed up sepsis diagnosis in hospitals.
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26 June 2019
Robotic teddy bears can boost mood of hospitalised children
Social robots used in paediatric unit support sessions could aid the recovery of sick children, a study published today in the journal Pediatrics has found.
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18 April 2019
New technology can predict ON/OFF motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s patients
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed wearable motion sensors to detect and monitor medication ON and OFF states in Parkinson’s patients.
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16 April 2019
Medbelle raises $7m to build ‘digital hospital’
London-based medtech startup Medbelle has raised $7m in series A funding towards establishing the world’s first ‘digital hospital’.
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15 April 2019
eTriage system aims to transform urgent care centres
A six-month trial at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup, UK has demonstrated the successful implementation of eTriage, an electronic triage system designed to reduce hospital waiting times by accelerating initial...
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11 March 2019
NHS goes RPA with digital robot trial at Chelsea and Westminster Trust
An NHS trust is to trial software robots to automate administrative parts of its corporate services arm.
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5 February 2019
Can automation deliver the utopian dream of a shorter working week?
The five-day working week may become a footnote in our history of industrialisation, like child chimney sweeps once common in the UK.