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Community care partners of the National Healthcare Group in Singapore have been provided access to a digital platform for managing health programmes and potentially creating digital records. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Recently, the NHG partnered with credentials platform provider, Accredify, to develop the NHG Cares Partners Portal. According to a press statement, the portal simplifies the management of health programmes, which are automatically synced with NHG 's health and social care marketplace, Health Kampung. It allows NHG community partners to monitor demand by tracking registration and attendance and real-time updates. Through the portal, NHG partners can also access and leverage insights from anonymised population health data to design tailored community-based programmes. Additionally, NHG partners can issue e-certificates to their participants to recognise their efforts in managing their health and fitness, further encouraging self-health management in the community. Later, NHG residents could access shared care services via the portal, including screening services and social prescribing. The portal, which now has more than 20 community partners onboarded, has already automated over 400 health programmes since its launch in April. WHY IT MATTERS NHG empowers those in the community to take more control of their health by bringing community care resources close to them. "The [p]ortal empowers our community partners to effectively reach out to residents and activate them towards better health and well-being with relevant programmes," said Ong Jing Fang, chief of Population Health at NHG. Accredify also shared that the organisation can potentially introduce verifiable healthcare records through the online portal. "The NHG Cares Partners Portal creates the necessary infrastructure for enhanced care continuity and personal ownership over health information," said CEO and co-founder Quah Zheng Wei. THE LARGER TREND The NHG has also implemented the Next Generation EMR (NGEMR) system as part of its digital transformation. The system progressively went live across the cluster, starting with the National Healthcare Group Polyclinics in 2021. Tan Tock Seng Hospital then rolled out the system the following year, becoming the first hospital in the cluster to go live with the integrated EMR system. Developed by Synapxe, the NGEMR is also live across the National University Hospital System cluster.

Glucose-monitoring specialist Dexcom announced it is expanding its diabetes-management capabilities by offering direct connectivity to the Apple Watch for its G7 continuous glucose monitoring system via a dedicated Bluetooth connection. The feature allows users to check their glucose readings in real-time without having their iPhone in hand. It is available in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland, and launching in additional markets later this month. When the company set out to design Dexcom G7, it prioritized hardware and software updates that would allow this feature to be unlocked for users. One of those updates was adding further Bluetooth capabilities to the Dexcom G7 wearable sensor so it could wirelessly communicate glucose readings to multiple display devices (such as a smartphone, smartwatch, receiver or connected automated insulin-delivery system) simultaneously and independently. "Direct to Apple Watch has been one of our most requested features, and we’re thrilled to roll it out to Dexcom G7 users," Dexcom chief operating officer Jake Leach to MobiHealthNews in an email. "People can go for a run, enjoy a meal out, and feel confident leaving their iPhone behind." The Dexcom G7 data will be stored in the Health app. THE LARGER TREND The company's over-the-counter CGM patch called Stelo, which sends readings directly to a wearer's smartphone, recently received clearance from the FDA. Garmin's digital watches were the first to integrate real-time Dexcom diabetes data into its wearables back in 2021. In the diabetes space, researchers in Singapore from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) developed an app with gamification features focusing on foot care and foot ulcer self-monitoring. Other players in this space include Massachusetts-based virtual diabetes care company Podimetrics and home-based foot-monitoring platform FootSense, which was developed by a research team in New Zealand.

SINGAPORE, June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeta Surgical, a surgical robotics and mixed reality company, announced today the completion of its first multicenter clinical trial using the Zeta Cranial Navigation System. The Zeta Cranial Navigation System is a mixed-reality navigation system for neurosurgery that provides surgeons with "GPS-like" guidance with millimetric accuracy in real time. Zeta's next-generation computer vision engine enables automatic, motion-aware registration, making navigated neurosurgery feasible for point-of-care delivery at virtually any location. The company received its latest 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA in January 2024. The trial was led by NNI Consultant Dr. Min Wei Chen and conducted at Singapore General Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. It involved fifteen patients requiring elective and emergency ventriculostomy – a routine procedure traditionally performed without navigation, often resulting in revision surgeries and injury. During the trial, all patients were successfully cannulated in a single attempt and with no adverse events. "We feel very privileged and excited to be part of the forefront of medtech. It has been an enlightening journey watching how the project evolved from the lab to the operating theater. The results of the trial speak for themselves," said Dr. Chen. "We have learned such valuable lessons together as a team and look forward to the future where I am sure this navigation platform will become one of the key must-haves in the modern neurosurgical unit." "We're very thankful to our partners at NNI for collaborating with us on this trial," said Raahil Sha, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Zeta Surgical. "We look forward to launching commercial pilots across a broader spectrum of procedures, bringing our technology to hospitals across the United States." About Zeta Surgical Zeta Surgical is redefining the standard of care for image-guided surgery. Its cutting-edge navigation and robotics platform applies advanced AI to enable high-accuracy image guidance across any point-of-care in minutes, unlocking a new era of less invasive and more effective targeted therapies. The Zeta Surgical Cranial Navigation System is cleared by the FDA and commercially available in the US. Discover more at . Media contacts: Jose Amich, [email protected] SOURCE Zeta Surgical