Servelec has announced the acquisition of Elemental Software, a company specialising in social prescribing technology. Developed by former community workers, the technology is used to help connect people with support and services in there community to help address any social issues they are facing. The platform is used by GPs, multi-disciplinary teams, housing […]
Month: August 2021
Barts Health uses AI to scan 14.2 million documents to identify patients with diabetic foot disease
Barts Health NHS Trust has utilised AI technology to scan 14.2 million documents to find and identify patients with diabetic foot disease. The analysis of the documents aimed to find patients, who otherwise might have been unknown, and therefore enable the trust to focus its resources on a particular cohort. […]
News in Brief: Amwell acquires SilverCloud Health, Plymouth tests AI, and Somerset uses VR
It has been a busy 7 days at HTN, last week we held our first ever Digital Primary Care Conference and covered lots of industry news! If you missed the conference, you can catch up on some of the sessions through our review articles here, and stay tuned more are on […]
Alder Hey launches start-up collaboration programme
Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT has launched its first start-up collaboration programme, to support early stage innovations through a 14-week Innovation Lab. The programme provides start-ups with access to key stakeholders across the specialist hospital, to help them test and validate their solutions. Made up of two sprints, the first […]
Video: X-on discuss how to support GP surgeries with call demand at HTN Digital Primary Care 2021
Cloud communications specialists X-on got the HTN Digital Primary Care conference underway last week by delivering our opening industry session. The company’s talk focused on how cloud telephony can support primary care providers with managing call demand, as well as remote consultations and other services. We were joined for this […]
Devon ICS plans integration of EPRs
The Integrated Care System (ICS) for Devon has outlined plans for system-wide integration of its electronic patient record (EPR) systems. Four projects form part of the ICS’s transformation programme, which include to implement a single EPR for Devon Hospices, focus on paperless working, provide system-wide access to primary care information […]
Video: Katherine Church, Chief Digital Officer, from Surrey Heartlands CCG at HTN Digital Primary Care
At HTN Digital Primary Care 2021, we welcomed Katherine Church, Chief Digital Officer at Surrey Heartlands CCG to discuss the organisation’s approach to digital primary care. Katherine started the presentation by providing the audience with some context to her role, and her responsibilities as Chief Digital Officer: “My role is […]
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator open to applications from next cohort of health tech innovators
DigitalHealth.London has opened applications for its Accelerator programme, with the aim of finding the ‘next generation of digital health companies’ that can help ‘transform’ healthcare. The flagship scheme, an NHS delivered programme, is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and has provided a platform for a number of digital […]
Feature: How data capture through inventory management can enable interoperability
Nick Roots and Liz Ward of Prospitalia h-trak, a healthcare information company working with the NHS and private hospitals, took time out recently to chat to HTN for our latest feature on interoperability. Focusing on how accurate data capture can enhance interoperability within hospitals, they shared a case study on […]
Video: Dr John Parry, Clinical Director, and Dr Matt Curtis, Clinical Director from TPP, from HTN Digital Primary Care
At HTN’s first-ever Digital Primary Care conference we were joined by Dr John Parry, Clinical Director, and Dr Matt Curtis, Clinical Director from TPP, the company behind SystmOne. Dr. Parry started the discussion by providing an update on TPP’s work to develop their products for the upcoming flu season: “The […]
