Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a new electronic patient record utilising the Allscripts Sunrise platform. The trust went live 5 months after signing a contract to procure the system and said they had planned to start deployment in the summer of 2020, but decided the solution […]
Month: December 2019
Paris start-up launches smart monitoring t-shirt
Chronolife, a Paris-based company has launched a new smart t-shirt that monitors six key physiological parameters to enable prevention and monitoring. The company has also this week closed a new round of fund raising to help in its commercial phase. The platform uses wearable electronics to integrate 10 biometric scanners […]
Sponsor supports Health Tech Awards for fourth year
HTN is delighted to announce CCube Solutions will be a headline sponsor for the fourth year running in the innovative Health Tech Awards. The unique Health Tech Awards celebrate and showcase exceptional projects, teams, technology and organisations across health and care that are making a real difference. In 2020, you […]
Interview Series: Glenn Winteringham, Chief Digital Officer, Royal Free London NHS FT
The Cerner and Draper & Dash Digital Transformation, Glenn Winteringham, Chief Digital Officer, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust shares his experience. At the recent Executive Patient Flow Summit, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust won the digital transformation award for its work with Draper & Dash. To learn more about […]
Opinion: Inching towards interoperability with Electronic Medical Records
By Phil McSweeney, Executive Chair, PatientSource Research published by Imperial College Institute of Global Health Innovation last week revealed just how widespread and potentially dangerous the interoperability of electronic medical records (EMR) is in the NHS. It demonstrates an over-reliance of archaic systems that don’t support the cross organisational and […]
Wessex Heartbeat funds 3D printing program to improve heart surgery for children
A heart charity in Hampshire, Wessex Heartbeat, has funded a program to transform the way heart surgery is performed at the University of Southampton NHS FT. It will allow surgeons to get an accurate 3D printed model of a patient’s heart before surgery, to provide additional insight and improving peace […]
Feature Series: #HealthTechToShoutAbout
Over the past few months we have been speaking with NHS providers and suppliers, hearing about their case studies and success stories in 2019. In this new #HealthTechToShoutAbout Feature Series we highlight 6 health tech projects that have made an impact across health and care. Please click on an image […]
PinPoint raises £1m to fund AI cancer detection tech
PinPoint a startup that is developing a test aiming to quickly ‘rule out’ cancer from using a blood sample has raised £1 million in funding from the Angel Investment Network. The company is developing its test using AI/Machine Learning with an aim to rapidly ‘rule out’ or detect cancer from […]
Southport and Ormskirk partners with Patchwork
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust is to introduce a staffing solution from Patchwork. The app is set to support the trust increase bank fill rates, reduce staffing costs and help streamline administrative processes by connecting clinicians easily to vacant bank shifts. The technology is said to reduce costs on locum agencies […]
Q&A with Highland Marketing and Experiential HealthTech
In March specialist health tech agency Highland Marketing and independent health tech consultancy Experiential HealthTech launched a collaboration, including end to end advisory, market analysis, competitive intelligence, marketing and PR services. Earlier this year, Chief executive Mark Venables and consultant Andrena Logue sat down to discuss how the alliance has developed and […]
