A new five-year contract for general practice across England will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. NHS England will also fund an addition of 20,000 more staff to help GP practices work […]
Month: January 2019
New digital service to monitor 1,000 patients with heart failure
Health Data Research UK has announced that ten innovative data solutions will receive a share of £3 million Government funding following a UK-wide competition, with £338,000 being allocated to Greater Manchester. Around 1,000 patients with heart failure across Greater Manchester will be monitored by a new digitally-enhanced service that will […]
HTN Awards 2019 launched!
HTN is delighted to launch and announce the HTN Awards 2019! The Health Tech Awards 2019 will celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The HTN Awards 2019 are in association with CCube Solutions, an award-winning provider of enterprise content management solutions, comprising electronic document and records management, workflow, electronic […]
5G tech to triage patients as they travel to hospital
Kingston University and Pangea have teamed up to develop enriched video compression and data transfer techniques over 4G+ and 5G networks. The technology will allow clinicians to triage patients as they are being transported to hospital in ambulances. The company said “Ambulance trusts could save up to £90m if response times […]
Chesterfield delighted with launch of free wifi
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched free public wi-fi for patients, relatives and visitors as part of ongoing efforts to improve the patient experience. The project, a partnership between the hospital, NHS Digital and service provider Hospedia, is part of a national initiative to make sure that all […]
AI to help arthritis patients manage their flare-ups
A partnership between the healthtech company Living With, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), and the University of Bath has been awarded a major grant to develop a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler. The award, from Innovate UK, will allow rheumatoid arthritis patients to use new methods capturing […]
Sensyne health signs US evaluation agreement
Sensyne Health the British clinical AI technology company has signed a non-exclusive agreement with Jefferson Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The agreement is to evaluate the clinical and commercial potential of Sensyne Health’s GDm-Health™ digital therapeutic in the Jefferson Health system. GDm-Health™ is […]
New Health IT agency appoints advisory board
Silver Buck a newly formed health IT communications organisation has appointed its new advisory board. The company, which was launched earlier this year, has created the Buccaneers to support health IT suppliers and health care organisations to better position themselves and ensure that they are delivering solutions that the industry […]
Surgery benefits from linking phone calls to patient records
GP Practice Montgomery-House Surgery in Bicester has connected its telephone system with EMIS. Steve Sharpe, Practice Manager said “We could only have eight phone calls going on at once. We could have gone to 30 through ISDN, but we would have had to pay a premium. Now, with Surgery Connect, we […]
Southampton FC signs HealthStore deal with BridgeHead
Southampton Football Club has selected BridgeHead Software’s Independent Clinical Archive (ICA), HealthStore™, to assist the long-term consolidation, protection and secure sharing of its players’ medical images. This will support the club’s clinicians in assessing injuries, collaborating on player rehabilitation and developing education and injury prevention strategies. The need for fast […]
