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Media coverage
Title BBI’s SEM Scanner receives a Medtech Innovation Briefing from NICE Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet News Medical Life Sciences Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/05/19 Description The SEM Scanner objectively alerts clinicians to specific anatomical areas of a patient’s body at increased risk for developing pressure damage, meaning patient risk assessments are performed before visible damage manifests at the skin surface – a world and clinical first.
"I'm delighted to hear that a Medtech Innovation Briefing has been issued by NICE on the SEM Scanner in support of the prevention of pressure ulcers. This is such an important issue that is not always front of mind, so it is pleasing to see the challenges of pressure ulcer prevention being addressed.”URL https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190508/BBIe28099s-SEM-Scanner-receives-a-Medtech-Innovation-Briefing-from-NICE.aspx Persons Karen Ousey Title NHS litigation bill for pressure ulcers soars 53% in three years Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Nursing Times Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/05/19 Description The figures, obtained via a Freedom of Inquest submitted to NHS Resolution, show claims against trusts related to pressure ulcers increased by 43% in the three years up to 2017-18.
The figures were revealed by Bruin Biometrics on the same day it was announced the company’s ground-breaking scanner, designed to detect ulcers before they can be seen by the naked eye, received recognition in the form of a Medtech Innovation Briefing (MIB).
“This is such an important issue that is not always front of mind so it is pleasing to see the challenges of pressure ulcer prevention being addressed,”URL https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/technology/nhs-litigation-bill-for-pressure-ulcers-soars-53-in-three-years/7028891.article Persons Karen Ousey