A third of London’s mental-health providers are rejecting patient referrals from Babylon Health, a video-calling service used by thousands. Former staff say the startup is struggling to plug into Britain’s healthcare system
that gave inaccurate advice, and that it had fostered a Silicon Valley-style startup culture that grated against more cautious approaches to healthcare among its clinical staff. Babylon said then that it had a “safety-first culture” and that “no clinical probability analysis can be right all of the time.
Tower Hamlets, Walthamstow, Camden, Islington and Lambeth are among the London boroughs that have been rejecting therapy referrals on the basis of location, according to a former Babylon employee. Patients getting referred to Hammersmith itself face a long wait. Responding to a U.K. Freedom of Information Act request, a local counseling provider there called Back On Track said that its waiting list for GP At Hand patients had more than tripled in 2018.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Doctor App Babylon Health Offers Quick Appointments, But Grapples With Follow-Up Care For Mental HealthA third of London’s mental-health providers are rejecting patient referrals from Babylon Health, a video-calling service used by thousands. Former staff say the startup is struggling to plug into Britain’s healthcare system.
Read more »
This Health Startup Won Big Government Deals—But Inside, Doctors Flagged ProblemsBabylon Health's software, pushed on millions of NHS patients as an alternative to calling the doctor's office, has a record of complaints about its chatbot and questions around its artificial intelligence claims.
Read more »
Signify Health acquires start-up TAV Health in multimillion-dollar dealSignify Health acquired TAV Health, marking a rare acquisition of a start-up that is focusing on social determinants of health.
Read more »
Analysis | Finland’s health-care system is ranked among the best in the world. Someone tell Nikki Haley.Analysis: Finland’s health-care system is ranked among the best in the world. Someone tell Nikki Haley.
Read more »
Whoopi Goldberg surprises 'View' co-hosts, drops by to give an update on her healthWhoopi Goldberg turned up at 'The View,' surprising Joy Behar, Meghan McCain and her other co-hosts. She's been out sick with pneumonia.
Read more »
Cuba says USA, not Canada, manipulating diplomat health incidentsCuba denounced the Trump administration on Thursday for continuing to refer to h...
Read more »
Medicare-for-all: Where Democrats stand on health-care issuesThe major Democratic presidential contenders have been vocal about the need to expand health-care coverage for more Americans. But they have split on how to do so.
Read more »
Toll from cyclone-hit southern Africa surges as UN launches health aidA cyclone that ravaged three southern African countries last week has killed at least 350 people, affected more than 1.7 million others and left 15,000 people still stranded by floods, according to estimates Thursday. As the toll surged from the region's biggest storm in years, the World Health
Read more »
Finland UN official Kai Sauer slams Nikki Haley over her health care remarksFinland's Kai Sauer defended the country after former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley appeared to criticize the country's health care. system.
Read more »