Digital Therapeutics (DTx) is "software eating Healthcare?" ?? ?? and learn more about GIANT's "European Health-Tech Innovation Week

This week we have more interesting recent health-tech and innovation news and announcing new updates about GIANT Health's exciting and important "European Health-Tech Innovation" events in Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Liverpool, and Barcelona: from 17 to 21 May, 2021. Discount tickets here.

Let us know what you are on the look out for in GIANT Health 2021! 

GIANT Health is a rapidly expanding global community of nearly 200,000 people working passionately to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We would love for you to join us. 

Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health

@Barry_HealthTec

+44 7776 132 517

PS - GIANT Health is recruiting.  Last year was our most successful year in our 7-year history, blasting through the pandemic with our highest ever sales and profits. 

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More news about "European Health-Tech Innovation Week" by GIANT Health

European Health-Tech Innovation Week ? - sponsored by GIANT Health - takes place from 17-21 May 2021 and is five 1-day hybrid conferences and exhibitions across Europe’s leading healthcare innovation regions; successfully driving business collaboration by showcasing & championing the best health-tech innovations.

Save ￡150 on Super Early Bird Tickets. Buy here.

Participating cities are Barcelona, Berlin, Liverpool, Paris, and Stockholm. Each 1-day festival is both a physical and virtual format, providing valuable face-to-face and virtual networking and promotional opportunities, learning, and collaboration for the entire European health-tech community including Europe's leading hospital tech leaders, healthcare businesses, investors, clinicians, and government agencies. The virtual / fully digital elements of the event enable robust collaboration remotely, and engagement for all our community around the world.

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HealthTech News - Summary

In Northern Ireland, a new covid-19 vaccination data dashboard has been designed to chart the progress of the vaccine roll-out. The Department of Health in Northern Ireland believes that the platform is the ‘first step’ in publishing vaccination data daily. Currently, the platform offers the ability to view the latest vaccine statistics for the nation, including the number of vaccinations and total doses received in the last 24 hours. 

How cool is that!  More here.

The NHS have launched new personalised videos to target those at risk of Type 2 Diabetes.The Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) is currently working with Citizen Communications and the personalised video platform, Idomoo, to reach people who are categorised as being at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.  

Allen McKay, Managing Director of Citizen Communications, stated: “Citizen’s Personalised Video combines patient data together with the application of behavioural science, to create ‘personally relevant content’, enabling communication with patients individually, and equally, promoting better health outcomes at scale.”

We here at GIANT Health love the passionate innovators like Allen.  More here.

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Health-Tech Innovator: Gloria Rowland

GIANT Health is proud to champion and advocate the passionate, selfless work of healthcare providers. Congratulations to Barts Health NHS Trust Dr Gloria Rowland, Director of Midwifery who received an MBE for services to midwifery.

More here.

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Digital Therapeutics (DTx). Is "Software eating the world"?

HAS Technology, social care technology company, has launched its latest white paper showcasing the benefits of digital innovation in supporting people through their care pathway. 

Jason Harries, MD at HAS Technology, said: “The power to assess health issues remotely and intervene as risks escalate allows for better resource management and improved outcomes for individuals. Whether we’re thinking about the bigger picture or what we’d like for ourselves and our family, it often simply comes down to the right high-quality care being delivered to the right person at the right time. Real-time information available to the relevant healthcare professionals can make this happen.”

More here.

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Mahana Therapeutics, a digital therapeutics firm, have obtained a CE mark for their flagship product Parallel. Parallel is a prescription-only digital therapeutic (PDT) intended to reduce the severity of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms in adult patients. The purpose of Parallel gives providers a new resource to use to help IBS patients reduce symptom severity and improve the quality of lives.

More here.

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The Global Innovation and New Technology annual Health Event is going to be bigger and more valuable this year as it will be a hybrid of both real life and virtual experiences. 

We are connecting our global community of nearly 200,000 health tech innovators, offering more direct business networking services, and more personalised engagement opportunities than ever. 

 FIND OUT MORE HERE. 

 For sponsorship opportunities please do get in touch. 

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"Reasons to be cheerful, Part 3:"

The University of Glasgow are in project PANCAIM which involves a Pan-European consortium focusing on AI treatments for pancreatic cancer. Project PANCAIM will utilise ‘tools such as artificial intelligence, integrated genomics and medical imaging’ to generate breakthrough knowledge, ‘increase understanding of pancreatic cancer biology’ and ‘develop trusted, impactful AI applications for regular clinical use’. The four-year project is a collaboration between research centres, universities, hospitals and industry partners. 

More here.

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GIANT Thinking

is a show that is passionately committed to bringing you conversations with the leading experts who are improving the health and wellbeing of people around the world by supporting innovation and accelerating the adoption of new healthcare technology. Important conversations on essential subjects with leading experts, this is GIANT thinking. Catch-up on our latest series and join us. 

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Sales Associate job vacancy @ GIANT Health

a full-time remote role, with a reward structure centred around performance-based pay. One month trial period, then 3 month contract, then full-time permanent contract.

• Sales commissions: OTE: ￡48,000 (uncapped)

Apply here.

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GIANT Health is the global Healthcare innovation community of nearly 200,000 people passionately committed to improving health outcomes by way of tech innovation.

Get in touch to discuss partnership opportunities. 

Barry Shrier, Founder, GIANT Health

@Barry_HealthTec  |  +44 7776 132 517

PS: If you're recruiting, looking for a hospital trial partner, in fundraising mode, looking for a job...please get in touch and we'll be happy to support you in this newsletter. 

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