Basildon Hospital has launched Maternity Direct, a free, web-based app that connects mums-to-be with an NHS midwife. Expectant mums and registered midwifes can instant message through the app and it also offers appointment reminders. The app was developed after the Trust found that women had many questions regarding their pregnancy […]
Month: August 2019
NHSX to lead on new National Artificial Intelligence Lab
Matt Hancock has announced a new £250 million fund for a National Artificial Intelligence Lab to be led by NHSX and the Accelerated Access Collaborative. NHSX said in an announcement on social media “Today we can announce that we’re going to set up an NHS AI Lab – in partnership with […]
HTN 100 Featuring: Jennis App, Adarga, UHBMT and Exo Imaging
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every week email news@thehtn.co.uk. Jessica Ennis-Hill launches new app jennis Dame Jessica Ennis Hill, has launched a new app called jennis to provide a one-stop destination where Jessica shares her exercise and […]
Allscripts EPR and ‘clinical wrap’ approach selected on Health Systems Support Framework
This week NHSX and NHS England published a new section on the Health Systems Support Framework, a list of 8 accredited suppliers of electronic patient record solutions. NHS England hopes the framework will support entities digitise more quickly and procure health tech for digital transformation and integrated services. In a […]
8 EPR suppliers selected on national framework
NHSX and NHS England have published a list of 8 accredited suppliers of electronic patient record solutions, a new section on the Health Systems Support Framework. The framework was created to provide services that support the delivery of integrated care, with the new EPR section to provide access to supplier […]
Successful first trial for dizziness monitoring device
Researchers from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and University of East Anglia (UEA) have published the results of the biggest collection of continuous eye movement data after testing the effectiveness of a wearable diagnostic headset. The Continuous Ambulatory Vestibular Assessment (CAVA) device aims to speed up the diagnosis […]
SilverCloud partners with University of Central Lancashire
SilverCloud Health, a digital and mental health platform has partnered with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to deliver training in the use of digital therapy for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. The partnership sets to define for PWPs the use and delivery of digital therapy as part of the IAPT training […]
Interview Series: Martha Currie, Clinical Director, Mable Therapy
In our latest Interview Series we spoke with Martha Currie, Clinical Director at Mable Therapy, a specialist in delivering speech and language therapy through technology. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I love being a paediatric speech and language therapist and have always been fascinated […]
12 Health Boards now live with TrakCare
Twelve of Scotland’s NHS boards have now gone live with InterSystems TrakCare, with NHS Forth Valley the latest to deploy. The deployment means 12 of the 14 NHS boards in Scotland are live using TrakCare to provide thousands of healthcare professionals access to vital patient information. Forth Valley migrated three separate […]
PM announces new £1.8bn funding boost
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a new £1.8 billion funding boost, which includes £850 million to upgrade 20 hospitals. The £850m of new funding is to be used to upgrade outdated equipment and facilities, and includes projects such as a new Integrated Care System for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw and a single […]
