#194 - Regulation, Regulation, Regulation
#194 - Regulation, Regulation, Regulation
The one-minute healthtech roundup
Hi friends,
This week: Do nurses need to up their tech game? Time to say goodbye to digital therapeutics, And everyone’s favourite topic… regulation!
Tired eyes? 👀 Listen to the Healthtech Pigeon podcast ➡️ SomX’s Aahuti and Jess breakdown the best stories from this week’s newsletter, with the help of Toby Basey-Fisher, CEO of Entia. Available now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
News Bites 🥪
👧🏽 Backpack Healthcare Secures $14M in Series A Funding to Advance Pediatric Mental Health Care – Pigeon loves children — even the ones that try to offload their soggy Wotsits on us — so it’s hard not to be psyched that an online mental healthcare service, specialising in personalised treatment plans for children, has secured funding to enhance its emotion-monitoring AI.
📲 Leaked NHSE review warns of ‘severe’ lack of nurses with digital skills – Do nurses really need to be digital gurus? A leaked NHS England review has highlighted concerns within the system about a “severe shortage” of nurses and midwives with digital skills. There are calls for the introduction of a digital passport to demonstrate their competence in delivering person-centred, digitally-enabled care. We'll see how well that goes down in the break rooms...
📝 MHRA launches AI Airlock to address medical device regulation challenges – It’s impossible to talk about AI in healthcare without talking about regulation (trust us, we’ve tried) It turns out the folks over at the MHRA think so too, and have launched a new regulatory sandbox for AI as a Medical Device (AIaMD) solutions to identify and address the challenges in effective regulation.
🤝UK partnership to address challenges regulating mental health tech – Regulating mental health tech is not to be taken lightly. And that's saying something coming from Pigeon! Ensuring that these technologies meet the highest levels of safety should be the number one priority for all developers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers. MHRA and NICE have joined forces to tackle the key challenges of regulating and evaluating digital mental health technologies.
💉Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use – When you’ve got cancer, you spend enough time in hospital to know that any device that means you can skip a few visits can only be a good thing. So Entia’s Liberty device receiving regulatory approval for its at-home blood test capability is something of a landmark.
💰Axmed secures $2M Seed to improve healthcare procurement in emerging markets – Pigeon believes that access to healthcare should not be a luxury but a necessity for all. Swiss healthtech marketplace Axmed is working to break down barriers to accessing expensive medicines for both patients and providers, all while enabling manufacturers to expand their footprint in underserved markets.
🕰️ How telemedicine can cut down NHS gynaecology waiting times – If you’re anything like Pigeon, then waiting days, weeks, or even months for a medical appointment probably isn’t your idea of good time. Nearly 600,000 women in the UK are on the waitlist for gynaecology treatment, and long wait times often create a need for more complex treatments or hospital admissions. In many cases, the disconnect between primary and secondary care is to blame — could telehealth help?
❓Is digital therapeutics innovation enough for a sustainable future? – During the pandemic, everyone was all for aiding patients' health through technology rather than pharmaceuticals. However, a series of bankruptcies have left many sceptical about whether our current system can support such therapeutics in the long term. Only time will tell...
What to listen to 🔊
Events 📅
Radical Health Festival
🕣 May 21 - 23
📍Helsinki
HIMSS Europe
🕣 May 29-31
📍 Rome
Medtech World London Roadshow
🕣 May 29
📍 London
health.tech
🕣 Jun 5-6
📍 Munich
Decoding the Future of Women 2024
🕣 Jun 5-6
📍 London
London Tech Week
🕣 Jun 10 - 12
📍 London
HLTH Europe
🕣 Jun 17-20
📍 Amsterdam
Visit the SomX events page or subscribe to SomX’s events roundup to see all of the best upcoming healthtech, biotech and healthcare events
Opportunities 🕵️♀️
🧪Clinical Engineer, Anima – Anima's mission is simple: to deliver precision medicine to everyone in the world within 24 hours. Now, you can't expect them to make good on that promise if they don't have an experienced Clinical Engineer on their team, can you? Exactly! This is where you come in. If you have a knack for coding or are eager to learn and want to do your bit to transform healthcare, apply today!
🎨Head of Brand, Hertility – Our buddies over at Hertility are on the hunt for someone to to take the lead in shaping and driving their overall brand strategy. If brand campaigns, social media, analytics and leadership are four things that you believe you do well, what are you waiting for? Apply now, there's no time like the present.
👷Engineering Manager, Peppy – Pigeon has a few questions.. Are you a problem solving expert? Do you have extensive knowledge on tech stacks such as JavaScript and Python? Are you able to take projects from concept to production? If you answered yes to those three questions, boy does Pigeon have the perfect role for you!
🖥️Head of IT Systems, Elvie – IT gurus listen up! Elvie are searching for someone who can develop a comprehensive IT strategy ,improve their network structure and manage the implementation of their software applications. Sound like you? You know what to do!
Got news, jobs or events you think is worth coo-ing over? Let us know! Email us: news@healthtechpigeon.com
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