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Keep up to date with all our news, blogs, customer stories and press releases.

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Keep up to date with all our news, blogs, customer stories and press releases.

How user-friendly experiences will democratise digital biomarkers

Digital biomarkers are the next frontier of healthcare. But why aren’t people talking about user-friendly experiences for this new technology? Find out why it is a major hurdle, key challenges and strategies to achieving a democratised future of digital biomarkers.

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How mSafety from Sony won “Best Biometric Sensor Solution”

MedTech Breakthrough recognises excellence in the digital health and medical technology space. In this year’s category called “Best Biometric Sensor Solution”, mSafety rose above the competition and took home first prize. Here’s what you need to know about the award and what made mSafety stand out. 

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Customer story: GPx’s Bloodless Blood Tests on mSafety

Sony Network Communication Europe’s partner General Prognostics (GPx) is on a mission to make blood test information more accessible than ever by combining the power of algorithms with digital biomarkers. They are using mSafety to make it happen. Here’s the GPx story – and how mSafety is supporting the development of their life-saving service. 

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Interview with the mSafety team

João Bocas, a leading expert in digital health and wearables, interviewed Head of the Health Solution Division Anders Strömberg and Senior Product Manager Jessica Tennhammar, from the mSafety team. The topic of discussion: the future of wearables in healthcare.

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Now is the time for digital health innovation

Innovation has traditionally been considered difficult within pharma, MedTech and healthcare. Today it is different, writes Anders Strömberg, Head of the Health Solution Division. In this article, Anders shares his thoughts on the state of digital health and describes the unique opportunity for healthcare businesses today.

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New era of health data policy puts privacy in focus

Personal health data can transform health care. We expect more resilient health systems, more control over our personal health information and high-quality data for clinical trials and public health research. Recent initiatives have taken steps to shape this future. Importantly, they put privacy in focus.

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Our new survey finds changing attitudes towards remote health monitoring for managing chronic conditions

The COVID-pandemic has had a significant impact on healthcare systems and patients around the world. Not least chronic condition patients, who already face numerous challenges in their daily lives. In 2020, the mSafety team conducted a survey on attitudes towards specialised remote health monitoring devices. Now, a second survey follows up on those results in 2022. What has changed over these two impactful years regarding remote health monitoring and telehealth?

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How will remote monitoring evolve in the future?

In this interview with Anders Strömberg, mSafety’s Head of Wearable Platform Division, we asked what’s on the horizon for remote monitoring in general, and for mSafety specifically. Discover how the technology could be used to deliver a more holistic picture of user’s health picture, support earlier diagnosis of health conditions, and provide deeper insights into patient’s needs.

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How to overcome the main challenges of remote monitoring in healthcare?

Many of today’s care providers are looking to continuous remote monitoring solutions to enhance access to patients’ daily health, deliver better care to more patients and lower costs. But many of the solutions currently available are too complex for end users and lack flexibility for service providers. In this interview with mSafety’s product manager, Andreas Hallonsten, we asked what he sees as the main challenges, and how mSafety is addressing them.

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The design of the mSafety wearable – nothing left to chance

Would you wear a device on your wrist that was very obviously part of your healthcare plan? Probably not. You would probably prefer an unobtrusive wearable that gave nothing away, while enabling the service you and your healthcare provider want. Read more about how the mSafety design team overcame the challenges to create the kind of connected health monitoring device you would be happy to wear.

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Regional project puts mSafety to the test

A health initiative in southern Sweden is using Sony’s mSafety to help improve the independence and quality of life of patients who’ve had kidney transplants. The overall goal of the project is to evaluate the use of IoT tools in the healthcare context. Read the article to find out more.

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Easy wireless upgrades with FOTA

As a provider of remote monitoring services on wearable devices, you need to keep track of your whole fleet and ensure its firmware is always up to date. To make device management and software updates as easy and straightforward as possible, Sony’s mSafety platform provides firmware-over-the-air (FOTA). Find out more about the value of FOTA in mSafety here.

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Technology that’s designed for people, not the other way around

The Nimway app allows employees to book rooms, find colleagues, and check room availability on the go. But a digital tool like Nimway is only valuable if people actually use it. Apps that are overdesigned or overcomplicated generally suffer from low uptake – which means employees don’t benefit from the technology, and business owners lack a complete data set for space utilisation analysis. A recent article in the online publication InMagazine explores how Nimway’s design circumvents these issues with a UI that is both visually appealing and easy to grasp.

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Sony and Fagerhult deliver new 2-in-1 smart office solution

Sony Network Communications Nordics has linked up with the lighting specialist Fagerhult to create a new service. It combines Sony’s Nimway solution for finding colleagues with Fagerhult’s intelligent plug-and-play lighting control system, Organic Response.

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How to solve the five most common compliance issues in clinical trials

Clinical trials have long been plagued by low participation, poor compliance and high drop-out rates. Even when volunteers sign up, they don’t always manage to take the medication as prescribed, attend regular appointments or report accurately on their health status. Here, we highlight the main causes of non-compliance and describe how mSafety, Sony’s remote monitoring platform, helps you resolve them.

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