The Professional Records Standards Body has published a new standard to outline the core information to be shared in a person’s care record. Following a consultation process with over 1,500 professionals and organisations the new standard determines the vital information about a person that should be shared between health and care […]
Month: July 2019
Balancing clinical work with a digital health startup
Digital Innovation in health has become a priority for the NHS and health institutions worldwide. And whilst innovation in this space is happening, it’s often felt that it’s at a slower pace than in other industries. One of the biggest blockers of digital innovation across the UK health industry is […]
French hospital benefits from 3D colour printing for kidney surgery
Bordeaux University Hospital is using full colour 3D printing, multi-material, technology to supporting kidney cancer surgery. Life-like transparent and full color models are being used by doctors pre-surgery to help them to perform precise and successful kidney-sparing operations and improve patient outcomes. The technology from Stratasys is hoped to improve the […]
HTN 100 Featuring: Draper and Dash, Highland Marketing, Stryker and Northgate Public Services
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. Future of Healthcare podcast series launched A new podcast series has been launched by Healthcare Analytics provider Draper and Dash. The series sees Orlando Agrippa and […]
Interview Series: Dr Tom Lawton, Head of Clinical Artificial Intelligence at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
In our latest interview series, Angela Sharda speaks to Dr Tom Lawton about his new role, his aspirations for taking Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations from the labs to wards, what he has in the pipeline for the next 12 months and whether AI can help solve the NHS crisis. Dr […]
First virtual consultation using robot technology helps patients in Ante Natal Clinic
A pilot project to explore the benefits of video technology to help Ante-Natal Clinic patients and staff at The Royal Oldham Hospital has been launched. The trial scheme, which is part of the Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Fast Follower programme, will enable staff from the interpretation and translation service to link […]
Former National Medical Director joins messaging app company
Former National Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, and former EMIS and Capita executive, Kevin McDonnell, have joined the company behind Medic Bleep, a secure messaging app for healthcare professionals. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh will be joining Medic Creations in an advisory capacity. He is one of […]
Interview Series: Julie Evason, Health Diagnostics
In our latest interview series we spoke with Julie Evason, Managing Director at Health Diagnostics to find out more about the organisation, its achievements, some market challenges and its plans for the future. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? Health Diagnostics was founded in 2003 […]
Digital Care Assistant a success for Oxford Health
Technology from Oxehealth which uses an optical sensor to detect movement, pulse and breathing rate, has benefited patients at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust introduced the new observation protocol for checking the safety of patients with severe mental health conditions at night so that nurses no longer have to […]
20 Newham practices launch video consultations
20 GP practices in Newham are now offering patients video consultations to improve access to health care advice. Patients can book appointments with their GP via the Patient Access app, and in time, they will be able to by the NHS App. NHS Newham Clinical Commissioning Group received funding from […]
