The Department of Health and Social Care has announced a £36 million increase in funding for AI technology-based healthcare services and products. 38 projects will be awarded funding and have been backed by NHSX and Accelerated Access Collaborative (ACC); in total 336 projects submitted applications to join the programme. Sir […]
Month: June 2021
Video: King’s College Hospital, redesigning patient journeys to deliver personalised care
Over the past nine or so months, staff from King’s College Hospital (KCH) NHS Foundation Trust have been working with industry partners to redesign patient journeys, deliver more personalised care experiences and improve access to services. In this live HTN Now webcast, the team explained their journey towards implementing scalable […]
Dr Nikki Kanani to keynote HTN Digital Primary Care 2021
HTN is delighted to announce that Dr Nikki Kanani will be delivering a keynote on the future of General Practice at the upcoming HTN Digital Primary Care Conference 2021, which will take place on 4 August 2021. Dr Kanani, a GP in south east London and the Medical Director for […]
HTN Now Interview: Karl Redmond, NHSE/I Strategic Estates Lead
As part of HTN Now June 2021, we spoke to Karl Redmond, NHSE/I Strategic Estates Lead & Secondment at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust (Digital Smart Buildings & Sustainability), who has 12 years’ experience in real-estate funding and 10 years in academia and architectural practices, as well as international experience in […]
News in brief: AI helps Aberdeen develop antibody test, Leeds looks at heart imaging for babies
Here at HTN headquarters we’re in the midst of our latest HTN Now event, showcasing innovation and discussion through a series of live webcasts. But that won’t stop us delivering the news. Already this week, we’ve seen University Hospital Southampton go live with a new maternity app, and there’s also […]
Interview Series: David Hancock of InterSystems on shared care records
As the early autumn deadline day approaches for shared care record implementation, more and more contracts and updates are being announced across the sector. But what else can we expect across the next few months and beyond? HTN recently spoke with David Hancock, Healthcare Executive Advisor at InterSystems, to discuss […]
Video: Experiences from digital nurses – Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
On the second day of HTN Now, we were joined by two digital nurses, Helen McGuire and Ainhoa Arjona, from Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. The session went into detail about their roles as digital nurses, real-world experiences, efforts to improve diversity and work to improve digital services […]
‘NHS data sharing success rests on transparency and gaining public trust’; Paul Walker, CTO at Skills for Health
By Paul Walker, Chief Technical Officer, Skills for Health The implementation of a large-scale data collection service from UK GP patient records has been delayed by two months after unions and sector bodies who represent doctors aired concerns over a lack of transparency and public engagement about the right to […]
NHS Digital Terminology Server goes live
The NHS Digital Terminology Server is now live. The platform supports data exchange between systems and integration of local coding systems with national and international coding languages, such as SNOMED-CT and FHIR. In September 2020, NHS Digital awarded a contract to Dedalus and CSIRO, the creators of Ontoserver, to implement […]
University Hospital Southampton goes live with new maternity app
University Hospital Southampton has this week gone live with a new system ‘Badgernet Maternity’, for pregnant women to access their records online or via the app. A joint project spanning maternity services across Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, the app will replace paper notes, and provide a centralised platform. The system is an […]
