The team at Nova have first-hand experience of what characteristics digital health startups, and their founders, require to succeed – as well insight as to the reasons that cause over 90% of them to fail. Nova’s motivation to reduce the unsustainably high failure rate for startups, spurred them to create […]
Month: January 2019
Artificial intelligence set to decode heart attack and stroke risk
The British Heart Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute are developing a machine learning tool to predict which people are likely to suffer a life-threatening heart attack or stroke. Once developed, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool will help predict peoples’ risk based on their health records and could transform the […]
Q Doctor wins 60th GP Practice
60 GP Practices are now providing video consultation services utilising Q Doctor. The digital service supports GP practices across England including Staffordshire, Birmingham, York and Hull. Q Doctor supports practices with the technical capabilities to offer at-home video consultations that can help people with disabilities, health problems, time and travel […]
HTN 100: Morecambe Bay, New Director of Improvement and Aviva Digital GP
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. 150 cyber attacks over 5 years for Morecambe Bay On Saturday the BBC reported that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has been hit with over […]
Imperial begins with DeepMind’s Stream app
Healthcare professionals at Imperial College Healthcare NHT Trust will soon be able to use DeepMind’s Stream app. The app will provide staff with real-time, mobile access to test results (such as laboratory and radiology results) and clinicians will be able to have information at their fingertips without having to log onto […]
Leeds first city to fully join up with GP Connect
NHS Digital has announced that all clinicians across Leeds will be able to access patients’ previous encounters with GPs, improving the data link between the care received at primary and secondary care. The GP Connect service allows GP practices and authorised clinical staff to share and view GP records digitally […]
NHS App begins public rollout
The NHS App has started its public rollout following testing with more than 3,000 patients and 30 GP practices. The NHS App went into the Apple App and Google Play stores on Monday 31 December, with a web based version due to launch in the coming months. During the testing […]
Yorkshire first to train healthcare IT leaders to international standard
The Yorkshire and Humber region has become the first health economy to train 30 Healthcare IT leaders to an internationally recognised standard, with seven confirmed as earning the CHIME Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer qualification, CHCIO, with more results due within the month. The Yorkshire and Humber Local Health and Care […]
NHS Highland ensures access to video consulting service
NHS Highland is installing special versions of its innovative NHS Near Me in healthcare facilities across Highland to ensure everyone has equitable access to the video-consulting service. Patients can also now use dedicated unstaffed rooms in seven different locations across the region – with another eight to follow soon. The […]
HTN Newsletter
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 […]
