HTN is delghited to announce every entry into the HTN Awards 2018 will have the opportunity to be showcased to the HTN Network. To support knowledge and information sharing, each entry, project and innovation entering the HTN Awards 2018 will have the opportunity to be showcased and shared with the […]
Month: April 2018
Major advance in treatment of sepsis at Hampshire Hospitals
Hampshire Hospitals has become the first Trust in the UK to adopt new state of the art technology which helps to identify a life threatening condition earlier. The Trust has become an early clinical adopter of the Accelerate PhenoTest kit. The new diagnostic equipment means that staff can rapidly identify […]
23 digital advocates selected for the Pioneer Fellowship
23 digital advocates working in the NHS are about to embark on an exciting new scheme to transform care and deliver better outcomes for their patients. A speech and language therapist, thoracic surgeon, commissioner, pharmacist and transformation lead are just a handful of the leaders selected for the inaugural 2018 […]
Biometrics could be a ‘game changer’ in autism care
Charity Autism Together has launched a £2.5m appeal to fund a ‘game-changing’ high-tech project with the potential to transform the care of those with severe autism. Around 1:100 people in the UK are on the autism spectrum. In the US, the ratio is now 1:68. Biometric technology measures minute physiological […]
Imperial College Healthcare NHS deploys Tintri
Imperial College Healthcare NHS has deployed Tintri as a central piece in its virtualisation strategy. Since deployment, the health trust has said it has seen notable benefits including increased storage performance and capacity, as well as a reduction of downtime and administration. Imperial College said it had begun the process […]
NHS Wales to create national eco-system
A partnership has been launched to share digital health innovations and to access NHS Wales’ health and care sector platforms. The collaboration between NHS Wales Informatics Services and the Life Sciences Hub Wales is supported by Welsh Government’s Efficiency Through Technology Programme. It is known as the Digital Health Ecosystem […]
Intouch with Health and DrDoctor partner
Hospital patient flow and appointment specialist companies Intouch with Health and DrDoctor have partnered to deliver a completely-digital outpatient management solution. The solution will allow hospitals to encourage patients to schedule, view and change outpatient appointments themselves via an online portal, significantly reducing the need for paper-based booking forms and […]
Servelec HSC wins new customer in Lincolnshire
Servelec HSC has won a new contract win to support secondary care mental health services across Lincolnshire with its EPR solution, RiO. The company said the key objective for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust was to procure a fit for purpose system that meets the key requirements of the Trust, […]
Ideagen secures first US acquisition in $9m healthcare deal
Ideagen has announced the acquisition of American healthcare software specialists, Medforce Technologies Inc, for a deal worth $8.7m. Medforce is a growing, profitable and cash generative organisation which has successfully developed its Command suite of enterprise information management, workflow and compliance software since 1993. Its flagship CommandCenter product is used by […]
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do. That could soon change thanks to new, miniaturized sensors developed by researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering that, when […]
