January has been dominated by the published NHS Long Term Plan. Health and care leaders came together to develop a Long Term Plan to make the NHS fit for the future, and to get the most value for patients out of every pound of taxpayers’ investment. Here we review the Plan and the tech milestones it set.
We also asked the Tech Industry for their view and reaction to the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan. In a two part series we covered the reaction from the industry. The theme was clear, interopabeility is key, and it always has been. Technology to support our NHS is not possible solely from a few suppliers, we need innovation and funding to truly deliver a technology enabled health system. You can read the Industry reaction here:
In the month our guest writer Dr Hussain Gandhi covered: What does technology enhanced primary care look like?
Research funded by the NIHR has suggested that automated phone calls could be effective at helping patients to take their medicines as prescribed.
The North West London Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups has signed an agreement with Inhealthcare, a UK leader in digital health and remote patient monitoring.
A new programme has been launched across the Yorkshire and Humber, the region’s first digital health accelerator programme. Propel@YH has been set up by Yorkshire & Humber AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) to support innovative organisations developing digital health solutions.
Dr. Tejas Patel, Chairman and Chief Interventional Cardiologist of the Apex Heart Institute at Ahmedabad has performed heart surgery from a distance of 20 miles away.
Orthopaedic Research UK have launched The Ronald Furlong Fund, in collaboration with healthtech experts HS., as a catalyst for innovation in musculoskeletal care. According to NHS England, 1 in 4 UK adults live with a musculoskeletal condition.
Earlier in January Boots UK announced the acquisition of Wiggly-Amps Limited, a health technology company providing solutions that enable patients and their GPs to better manage their prescription needs. Here we interviewed the MD of Engage Health Systems (formerly Wiggly Amps).
In our HTN 100 series we covered news from South West Yorkshire, Gogodoc, Sectra and Populo Consulting.
Scientists have developed a new test that scans the shapes of tumour cells to pick out women with especially aggressive ovarian cancer, so treatment can be tailored to their needs.
Draper & Dash has raised £3m in venture funding from Guinness’ EIS Funds.
Cancer Research UK has funded a trial to test whether technology can identify cancers from a patients breath.
A team at Nottingham Trent University have pioneered the possibility that robots will perform spinal surgery. The system allows two robotic arms to semi-autonomously drill holes in individual vertebrae and is said to do so with greater accuracy than humanly possible.
Blackpool Teaching Hospital has developed an in-house digital system replacing traditional ‘white-boards’ on 38 adult wards.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with eObservations using Tap & Go technology from Imprivata. The company said the project was turned around in just 8 weeks and the Trust went live.
Kent and Medway STP has used population health management technology from Carnall Farrar to drive savings across the region.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has implemented Orion Health Medicines to provide up-to-date information about the medications their patients are taking.
Highland Marketing has announced it has welcomed a chair and two new members to its advisory board.
Following the launch of myhealth@QEHB in 2012 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has now seen 20,000 patients register for the platform.
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the national roll-out of eRedbook to digitise paper child health records.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Carestream’s medical imaging solutions to support co-ordinated, collaborative care across the Trust.
NHS Education for Scotland has launched the ‘Introduction to Technology Enabled Care’ (TEC) learning resource to address the recommendation for a national approach to learning and development from the research report – ‘Supporting Scotland’s Workforce’.
