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. A team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, created an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that looks for clusters of […]
Month: January 2019
Highland Marketing advisory board expands
Highland Marketing has today announced it has welcomed a chair and two new members to its advisory board. The company has added experienced industry advisor Jeremy Nettle, popular digital advocate Andy Kinnear, and leading CIO Cindy Fedell to advise agency and its clients on the effective promotion of health tech. Jeremy […]
UHB signs up 20,000 patients to myhealth@QEHB
Following the launch of myhealth@QEHB in 2012 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has now seen 20,000 patients register for the platform. Developed by UHB’s in-house Technical Development and Informatics Team, the portal allows Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham patients to remotely access some of the their clinical information held by the Trust, […]
Draper & Dash, AI Healthcare Data and Analytics firm, secures venture funding to support rapid expansion and rollout of its predictive patient flow platform
Draper & Dash, the healthcare focused data analytics platform that has changed how hospitals and care providers access, understand and work with patient data, has raised £3m in venture funding from Guinness’ EIS Funds. The company’s SaaS-based analytics platform uses advanced data science and machine learning techniques to predict patient […]
Accelerator to Propel Digital Health Innovators
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 provide innovative organisations developing digital health solutions with access to a structured course of support and advice aimed at […]
NHS Long Term Plan: Industry Reaction Part Two
HTN asked the Health Tech Industry for their opinion and reaction to the recently published NHS Long Term Plan. Here you can find the reaction below from the second part of our series and you can read Part One by clicking here. Our contributors include: X-on, Orion Health, ReStrart Consulting, RIVIAM, Transforming […]
Neonatal major redesign planned
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the national roll-out of eRedbook to digitise paper child health records. The measures aim to improve safety, quality and continuity of care to halve stillbirths, maternal and infant deaths and serious brain injuries in new-born babies by 2025. Among other measures […]
NW London CCGs signs Inhealthcare
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. The agreement will allow professionals in the CCGs to choose from a number of digital health and care apps and also invent their own. Inhealthcare […]
NHS Long Term Plan: Industry Reaction Part One
The NHS in England has published its much anticipated Long Term Plan with a significant focus on technology. We asked industry leaders for their comment and reaction. Our contributors include: CCube Solutions, InterSystems, Allscripts, Ingenica Solutions, Draper & Dash, Isosec, DrDoctor, System C & Graphnet Care Alliance, Channel 3, FDB, Inhealthcare, […]
NHS Long Term Plan sets tech milestones
Health and care leaders have come 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. The plan highlights technology as being instrumental in delivering on its ambitions and aims for the […]
