The Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in Digital Diagnostics (iCAIRD) recently won the Innovative Collaboration Award at the 2021 Scotland’s Life Sciences Annual Awards. Hosted virtually at the end of March, the event recognises and celebrates achievements in the life sciences industries – across a broad range of areas, […]
Month: April 2021
Nationwide call for innovations to support the domiciliary care workforce
Health Education England South West, the West of England Academic Health Science Network and the South West Academic Health Science Network have put out a nationwide call for innovations that can help domiciliary care workers. The challenge – to find proven solutions to assist the workforce – is now open […]
Virtual A&E service at Moorfields Eye Hospital reviewed successful
A study published in the peer reviewed journal, eClinicalMedicine, has highlighted the positive impact of the virtual A&E service provided by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT. The research explored the safety of video-based telemedicine compared to in-person triage in emergency ophthalmology, during COVID-19. Case notes of 404 adults who used the […]
New clinical video service to support epilepsy diagnosis piloted in Scotland
A new secure video service to help streamline epilepsy diagnosis and management has been announced by vCreate – and is already being piloted in Scotland and at select hospitals in England. According to the company, the video sharing service – called vCreate Neuro – has been independently assessed by Information […]
“So much of health is visual” – Peter Hansell, co-founder of ISLA on visual data in healthcare
Peter Hansell, co-founder of ISLA, chatted to HTN about its image sharing platform – which enables patients to safely and securely share health-related photos and video content with their clinicians. With the tagline ‘building the visual component to the healthcare record’, the company has bold ambitions centred around helping empower […]
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT announces roll-out of imaging technology
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced it will roll-out ISLA imaging technology across north west London, following a successful pilot during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams at the hospital, including Dermatology, Burns and Pain Management, worked with health-tech startup ISLA to enable patients to share images of rashes, […]
New green accelerator programme calls for SMEs in West Yorkshire
A new green accelerator programme has been launched today, 7 April 2021, by the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), in a bid to support the NHS’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. The initiative – Propel@YH Net Zero – is calling for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) […]
Feature: University Hospitals of Leicester electronic prescribing and medicines administration go live
In this feature we dive into the world of EPMA (electronic prescribing and medicines administration). To find about the technology, we spoke with Paul Volkaerts, CEO of Nervecentre. We also managed to chat with Gang Xu, Consultant Nephrologist and Graeme Hall, Chief Pharmacist at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL), to […]
24/7 ‘SignLive’ service for BSL users now available at Morecambe NHS Trust
A British Sign Language (BSL) system, called ‘SignLive’, is now being used at healthcare settings across the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT). A free service, SignLive connects people to qualified online BSL interpreters who can relay conversations between patients and members of staff. The trust said […]
News in brief: Barts Health launches data analytics app, care homes pilot ‘proof of vaccination’ tech, Entrepreneur Academy for innovators
Health tech news never sleeps, so there are plenty of stories to catch up on for those lucky enough to have enjoyed a long weekend. From a £100,000 digital hub in the Midlands, a mental health ‘Recovery College’ in Cumbria, and care home vaccination ‘proof’ technology, through to the launch […]
