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Health tech fund for women’s and children’s health

December 15, 2021


Annie TheriaultDonna ParrTORONTO – Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV) has announced the launch of the firm and the first close of its Women’s and Children’s Health Technology Fund, which will invest in health technology companies that address the health needs of women, children, and adolescents or make health systems more resilient. CBIV has secured US$30 million in commitments towards an ultimate fund size of more than US$100 million and anticipates making its first investments in Q1 2022. Read More

Philips receives grant to develop AI-based application

November 17, 2021


Joseph FrassicaAMSTERDAM – Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced it has received a USD 15.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop an AI-based application suite to improve the quality and accessibility of obstetric care in low- and middle-income countries, especially in underserved communities. Read More

Tickit Health interfaces its platfom with Cerner EHR

October 27, 2021


Sandy WhitehouseVANCOUVER – Tickit Health, a global provider of person reported data collection solutions based on Digital Empathy, is pleased to announce that it has interfaced its platform with the Cerner Electronic Health Record at Sydney Children’s Hospital Network in Sydney, Australia. The hospital network cares for thousands of children each year to help young people live their healthiest lives, and have been using Tickit since 2017. Read More

UK makes a U-turn on choice of COVID app

June 24, 2020


Matt HancockLONDON, Eng. – The government of the UK has abandoned a homegrown coronavirus contact-tracing app after spending three months and millions of pounds on technology that experts had repeatedly warned would not work. In an embarrassing U-turn, Health Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured) said the NHS would switch to an alternative designed by the US tech companies Apple and Google, which is months away from being ready. Read More

Practice Fusion fined $145 million for kick-backs

February 5, 2020


Practice FusionSAN FRANCISCO – EHR vendor Practice Fusion will pay an historic US$145 million fine after admitting to a kickback scheme aimed at increasing opioid prescriptions, according to a statement released by the Department of Justice for the District of Vermont. Read More

British move to ban faxing in healthcare

December 19, 2018


Matt HancockLONDON, UK – As part of overhauling its technology systems, the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K. said it will ban fax machines. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured) has forbid purchase of new fax machines starting in 2019 and ordered complete end of their use by April of the following year. Read More

Green light for Cerner on $10 billion VA contract

May 23, 2018


Robert WilkieWASHINGTON, D.C. – Cerner now has the go-ahead for a multibillion-dollar no-bid contract to update the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ health records system, after nearly a year of waiting. Read More

Nearly half of US hospital care provided in ERs

January 24, 2018


Dr David Marcozzi BALTIMORE, Md. – In the first study to quantify the contribution of emergency department care to overall U.S. healthcare, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have found that nearly half of all US hospital-associated medical care is delivered by emergency departments. Read More

British hospitals hit by ransomware attack

May 17, 2017


ransomware LONDON, UK – Hospitals across the U.K. diverted ambulances and cancelled appointments earlier this month after their computers and phones were disrupted by a cyberattack. The attack has affected at least 16 organizations within the U.K.’s state-run National Health Service, according to an NHS statement. Read More

System predicts deterioration in pediatric patients

March 22, 2017


Realtime MonitoringBIRMINGHAM, UK – A project taking place at Birmingham Children’s Hospital using wireless technology to predict deterioration in seriously ill children has recruited its 1,000th patient. Read More

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