In our latest interview we asked Suzanne Ali-Hassan, Head of Commercial Engagement at UCLPartners, a few questions about the organisation, innovation and adoption into health and care. Can you tell me about you and your organisation? I’m a molecular biologist by background so was grounded in the life sciences, however, […]
Month: January 2020
Case Study: NHS Trust saves hundreds of hours with latest mortality platform and dashboard
Draper & Dash have worked in partnership with NHS trusts, to develop and release a Clinical Outcome Review System (CORS) platform to bring a digital answer to the very manual and resource heavy mortality review processes. The CORS system encompasses recommendations from the Learning from Death initiative, as well as […]
One Dorset Pathology picks CliniSys
One Dorset Pathology, a collaboration between Dorset County Hospital, Poole Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals is set to adopt a single laboratory information system from CliniSys. The group will utilise the WinPath Enterprise platform to support the development of a pathology hub and spoke service, to improve the […]
Junior doctor health tech start up raises £3m
Patchwork, a health the start up launched in 2016 by two junior doctors has raised £3m for its next phase of growth. The company helps to solve the NHS staffing crisis by supporting organisations cost effectively fill vacant shifts, costing the NHS billions each year the company said. Praetura Ventures […]
Health Tech Awards 2020 Launched!
HTN is delighted to launch the Health Tech Awards 2020 to celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The innovative awards, now in its fourth year, provide a great platform to showcase and share your work. There are 17 categories to choose from to enter ahead of the […]
Hancock “better tech is not a ‘nice to have’ but vital to have for the NHS”
In a speech delivered on Tuesday, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock raised technology higher on the agenda than ever before and spoke about the importance of people, standards, leadership and scalability. He talked about leadership and the importance of every CEO leading on digital transformation, backed by […]
Matt Hancock announces £140m AI Award open for applications
Matt Hancock has today announced a new £140m Artificial Intelligence Award to be run by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) now open for applications. It will make £140million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most […]
Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to share digital records
Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will for the first time be able to share digital records, following an approved grant from NHS Digital. The project will see the roll-out of the digital record system, Connecting Care, to care homes across the region to share records with hospitals, […]
Feature: Driving health IT ROI with an electronic performance support system
Evidence is mounting that the training staff receive on major healthcare IT systems impacts on their deployment and adoption. Yet traditional classroom and e-learning won’t always provide what is needed. NHS organisations can improve the operational efficiency of their training efforts and increase end-user proficiency by adopting an electronic performance […]
Manchester Mental Health VR study to tackle social anxiety
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is working on a study called gameChange, using VR to support people with psychosis to feel less anxious in every day situations. The study aims to explore if virtual reality could be game changing in the treatment of social anxiety. Led by The University […]