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Protocol published for pioneering UTI diagnostics study as first phase nears completion
6 February 2025
Oxford's NIHR HealthTech Research Centre details the TOUCAN platform study for evaluating UTI diagnostic tests in primary care. This new approach allows multiple rapid tests to be assessed simultaneously, potentially accelerating their path to clinical use.
Blogs
Mental health patients want wearable sensors: new research challenges assumptions
11 hours and 54 minutes ago
New research reveals 65% of patients experiencing acute mental health episodes would accept wearable sensor monitoring. Study of 83 patients during hospital admissions challenges assumptions about technology acceptance among people with severe mental illness, opening possibilities for real-time health monitoring solutions.
Built for the real world: Community Midwives on transforming maternity technology
19 May 2025
Community midwife Holly Edmundson shares insights from 13 midwives on what makes effective maternity technology. Discover six essential questions for designing healthcare tech that truly works for frontline practitioners delivering care outside hospital settings
Access to medical testing for children: insights from Birmingham families
27 February 2025
Discover what 100+ Birmingham families told us about children's medical testing preferences, barriers they face, and how point-of-care testing could transform community healthcare for children.