Researchers at UCL-led collaboration i-sense, have published a dashboard to collate data on five stages; Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support, with an aim to provide a complete picture of the pandemic. The i-sense COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID RED) collates and presents data from the Office of National Statistics, Public Health […]
Month: October 2020
In Focus: HTN Awards 2020 Part One
In this two-part article we cover the projects that were announced as winners and highly commended in the Health Tech Awards 2020. HTN would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved! If you missed the evening, you can watch the announcement videos here. We would love to hear […]
Dorset Care Record expands with physical health data and new datasets
The Dorset Care Record (DCR) is expanding this month to include community physical health data and new datasets such as allergy information and clinic letters. Allergy information from University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital is to be available this month through the DCR. It means allergy details from […]
The new technologies supporting stop smoking services
By Solutions for Health While COVID-19 brings challenges for stop smoking services, online support and an AI-powered robo-coach mean there’s digital support to help people kick the habit. Smokers are up to fourteen times more likely to have serious complications from COVID-19 than non-smokers according to recent research in China. […]
Digital pharmacy startup medino raises £5.6m
Digital pharmacy startup, medino, has raised £5.6m in its latest funding round. The ‘Pharmacy In Your Phone’ concept currently supports 130,000 people to date by digitising pharmacy shopping. In January 2020 the company raised £440k to challenge the pharmacy in your phone market, by offering ‘enhanced packing and picking processes for […]
Interview Series: Stephen Townrow, Imaging Systems Manager, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
In our interview series this week, we speak with Stephen Townrow, Imaging Systems Manager, at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Stephen takes us through the intricacies of how enhancements in their digital imaging technology has allowed for cost saving, time saving, and accuracy of diagnoses, all of which importantly […]
NHSX publishes Digital Technology Assessment Criteria
NHSX has published a Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) in beta; new standards to assess the suitability and function of digital health technologies. The standards form a baseline assessment criteria setting out how digital technologies will be assessed. It will be supported by a Guide to Good Practice for Digital and Data-Driven Health […]
UCL develops online tool to identify highest risk of developing TB
Researchers at UCL have developed an new online tool which could help reduce tuberculosis in countries with low transmission rates by helping to identify those at risk. Published in Nature Medicine, the study used data from 18 previous studies, including 80,000 people across 20 countries. People who have ‘latent’ TB may […]
HTN Feature: Digital Mental Health
In a two part feature we explore some of the programmes supporting mental health digitisation. We discuss interoperability, the challenges faced, successes and what is coming up on the horizon. In this part one of the feature we speak with Steve Wightman, MD of Healthcare, and Garry McCord, Chief Strategy […]
HTN Now: 10 sessions not to miss…
On 3rd and 4th November HTN host a series of webcast sessions to share learnings and innovations across health and care. For HTN Now November we are joined by speakers to share their work, with topics including; remote monitoring, robotic process automation, patient apps, digital projects, AI and analytics, to […]
