In our latest interview in the series we spoke with Suzy Foster, CEO of EMIS Health to find out how the company has responded over the past few weeks and what is coming up for the company over the next 12 months. Can you tell me about yourself and your […]
Month: May 2020
Northampton General introduces bots to monitor oxygen levels
Northampton General Hospital is utilising Robotic Process Automation technology to help plan the care of COVID-19 patients. Using software robots that replicate typical manual human processes, the tool completes tasks that typically would have required human input. It means staff time can be used elsewhere and the technology can support accurate […]
Induction Healthcare set to acquire Zesty, valuing the company at £12.7m
Induction Healthcare has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire Zesty Limited, the digital healthcare patient engagement platform. The healthcare collaboration app from Induction Healthcare, supports over 140,000 users across the UK, Ireland, Australia and South Africa. It’s used by mostly doctors to support communication, messaging and document […]
Opinion: COVID-19 recovery planning, system-level modelling of the demand vs. capacity divide
By Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper & Dash. In a matter of weeks, we have catapulted into a typhoon of planning, reconfiguring capacity, building field hospitals, and scrambling for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as we continue to fight one of the deadliest viruses of our time. Panting, as teams keel over from the first wave, they immediately gather themselves and push on to the […]
Health Education England backs respiratory physiotherapist launch new app
A respiratory physiotherapist at the Royal Free London has launched a new app to help physiotherapists develop skills needed when treating patients with COVID-19. The app launch of oncallbuddy.co.uk is being supported by Health Education England and provides physiotherapists access to training and resources to help them manage COVID-19 positive patients […]
Interview Series: Paul Jones, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
This week we interviewed Paul Jones, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, only days after Paul returned to work following 4 weeks of having Covid-19. We asked Paul about his digital plans for the next few months and years, and spoke about his time since joining the […]
UK AI company secures COVID-19 pilot across India
A UK based artificial intelligence radiology company is to launch a new pilot with Apollo Radiology International, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, across India. The hospital group across India will be testing Behold.ai’s ‘instant triage’ AI-based chest X-ray technology to triage suspected COVID-19 patients. The technology is hoped to speed […]
7 trusts pick Visionable for virtual visits
Seven NHS Trusts have chosen technology from Visionable to provide patients with secure video calls, for free, during the pandemic. Tablets loaded with the tool are being used by patients at Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT, Imperial College Healthcare NHS […]
Oxford University spin-out raises £9m for workforce location tool
A hospital workforce AI platform, Navenio, a spin-out of Oxford University has raised £9m in series A funding. The company provides a location-based workforce platform, which can be used to assign tasks to healthcare teams based on their location. Termed Uber for Healthcare, the technology tracks smartphone devices to provide an indoor […]
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator opens for applications
Applications are now open for health tech starts up to apply to participate in the latest London Accelerator Programme. Now in its fifth year, the Accelerator programme supports high potential innovators connect with industry, with an aim to speed-up adoption across London’s NHS. HTN spoke with Sara Nelson, Programme Director […]
