Cutting calibration and consumables: new cardiac tech promises big savings
When it comes to running a hospital, minimising wastage wherever possible in pursuit of small optimisations has always been a…
25 Oct 2024
Sonara Health rolls out remote monitoring app to tackle methadone drop-out
US-based remote health monitoring company Sonara Health is the latest recipient of a $2.5m grant from the government’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) aimed at driving the company’s remote…
20 Sep 2024
Simon Dawkins on how the old tech of RFID is assisting hospital bed management
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is hardly a new technology and has found its way into a myriad of devices - from kettles and doors to phones and everything else beyond.…
04 Sep 2024
B. Braun’s Stephanie Pitts on California’s new toxic chemical ban
The US state of California has passed a law banning the use of a toxic chemical produced by certain kinds of plastics from the state's medical devices, catching up with…
28 Aug 2024
Healthcare systems look at how to face the impacts of climate change
The impact of climate change, successive heat waves and climate-based events has become an undeniable fact for the world’s healthcare industry with many countries racing to assess the damage to…
12 Jul 2024
Explainer: Labour has been elected in the UK – now what?
Following the announcement of the UK Labour Party’s near-landslide victory on 5 July, healthcare workers and life science investors have been tentatively awaiting the first moves and measures of a…
04 Jul 2024
Does H5N1 avian influenza have pandemic potential?
The global medical community is beginning to mobilise in response to the growing threat of pandemic posed by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. On 2 July, the US government…