At its January 2020 meeting, Highland Marketing’s advisory board talked to Professor Graham Evans about how North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has reached HIMSS 5 – and how he hopes to progress digital maturity across the North East and North Cumbria integrated care system. Members then debated digital […]
Month: March 2020
Coronavirus contact tracking app in process
NHS organisations have started to develop and explore the feasibility of a coronavirus mobile app for instant contact tracing. Oxford University has provided evidence to support the feasibility of developing a contact tracing mobile app that is instant and could be widely deployed. The team are currently testing and simulating the […]
Siilo provides organisational crisis management app for free
Health tech start up messaging app, Siilo, is providing its organisational crisis management tool to the NHS for free. The company said over the past two weeks it’s seen a significant increase in downloads of the app, with now nearly 250,000 users and usage has tripled in recent weeks. The […]
HTN Digital Week sessions preview
Following a ‘Call for Proposal’ process last month, we are pleased to share some of the sessions to be included as part of HTN Digital Week June 2020. HTN Digital Week, sponsored by Alfresco and CCube Solutions, is a week of online events taking place 15th – 21st June 2020. The […]
Medic Bleep seeks to raise £500,000
Medic Bleep, a communication tool to replace pagers in NHS Hospitals has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £500,000. The company has raised so far £310,080 as part of this campaign and is providing 7.27% equity, valuing the company at £6,382,094. The tool is used by 4,200 NHS staff, including West […]
Health Tech Trends Series March 2020: The role of tech at this time
The Health Tech Trends Series is back for 2020 In the first survey (two minute) as part of our Health Tech Trends Series 2020 sponsored by InterSystems, we would like to understand how technology is supporting the health and care system at this time and help share any learnings through […]
Interview Series: Dr Leon Douglas, Chief Information Officer, Whittington Health NHS Trust
Last month we spoke with Dr Leon Douglas, CIO at Whittington Health NHS Trust to find out more how the organisation is utilising technology, data and analytics to drive operational efficiencies. We asked Leon a few questions about the past 12 months, what the organisation is working on at the […]
COVID-19 chatbot published to deal with common questions
Healthcare Communications, the digital first patient communications specialist, has this week launched a chatbot to provide answers to 100 common questions about COVID-19. The chatbot provides instant answers to the most common questions by using information from NHS England, NHS Wales, Public Health England and Gov.uk. The tool can be added […]
NHS makes Microsoft Teams available for free
NHSX, NHS Digital and Microsoft have today announced Microsoft Teams will be made available for free for three months. Microsoft Teams, a communication and collaboration platform will now be free to all NHS organisations, providing online web chat, video conferencing and planning tools. NHS Digital said NHS organisations will have access […]
AI content analysis on COVID-19 archive literature
A team of US health tech specialists this week announced a new programme to use artificial intelligence to scan 24,000 papers on COVID-19 to find patterns, signs and insights about the virus. The aim is to help to find answers to questions raised by the World Health Organisation about the pandemic. […]
