The German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) informed gematik, Germany’s national agency for digital medicine, on 20 December, that the nationwide implementation of digital prescriptions cannot be implemented as initially scheduled.
The launch of the mandatory ePrescription, scheduled for 1 January 2022, has been postponed while the national testing period started at the beginning of December,...
Square health, the British provider of private digital healthcare for insurance companies and corporates, has acquired Push Doctor, a digital GP provider from Manchester.
The acquisition figure has not been disclosed.
WHY IT MATTERS
Since it was founded in 2013, Push Doctor has been the British pioneer for medical video-consultations. The platform provides remote care for more than five million...
As 2021 draws to a close, MobiHealthNews consults experts across the EMEA region to find out their vision for the year ahead in digital health.
Filippo Falaschi, investor, digital health and med tech investment management firm Spex Capital
There’s no doubt the pandemic served as a major catalyst in the development and adoption of digital health technologies at speed and scale. Investment figures...
The British medtech company Brainomix has announced that it has closed a series B funding round with a total investment of approximately £16 million.
The previous investors Parkwalk, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) and Oxford University Innovation Fund (OUIF), who are participating again in this round, have been joined by Tencent Holdings.
WHY IT MATTERS
Brainomix recently took the ...
By
06:13 am
December 16, 2021
The profound impact of COVID-19 has changed the lives of people all over the world.
As social distancing became the new normal, new patterns of behaviour and expectations emerged between patients and physicians.
One outcome of this has been an increase in the use of remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology, which can allow patients to receive treatment without travelling to hospital.
For...
Physiatry platform developer Spry has snapped up $3 million in seed funding, a round led by India-focused venture capital fund Together Fund.
The investing bout also drew participation from FJ Labs, Pareto, Knowledge Capital, AngelList, and Whiteboard Capital.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in March this year, the startup offers a full-stack digital platform in the movement health space, which includes...
HelloBetter, a German organisation focused on digital therapy courses, has announced the release of a new online programme that is a reimbursable digital health application (DiGA) for German doctors and patients.
The digital therapy course targets type 1 and type 2 diabetics with depressive symptoms.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to HelloBetter founder Dr David Ebert, Professor of Psychology and...
Doctor.One focuses on developing a continuous care platform that connects patients with their regular practitioners on a daily basis, and is a mobile-first approach.
WHY IT MATTERS
The aim of the virtual Doctor.One platform is the daily exchange and personal care of patients by doctors they trust. Doctors can subscribe to the service and better accompany their patients through the illness and...
In our final Workforce Re-entry companion podcast, HIMSSCast welcomes Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare to discuss the cybersecurity risks and challenges created by telehealth and other teleconferencing accomplishments in healthcare.
This podcast is brought to you by Zoom.
Talking points:
ChristianaCare’s preparation for the pandemic.
Steps to take to secure virtual communications....
HypnoVR raises €4.5M to accelerate roll-out of digital therapy
French digital therapeutics firm HypnoVR has raised €4.5 million in Series A funding for its virtual reality-based medical hypnosis solution for pain and anxiety.
The round was led by Theodorus, the Banque des Territoires operating for the French state as part of the Investments for the Future Programme, Akiles and Capital Grand...
_1.jpg?itok=YFMUMUYR "The company merge will further innovate digital healthcare in the UK.")
