The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published a new report that focuses on interoperability of health and care records. The document – entitled ‘The Digital Advantage – Realising the benefits of interoperability for health and social care in England’ – highlights five new recommendations needed for a new, […]
Month: February 2022
Innovate UK fund £7m programme to support UK health tech SMEs with regulation
A new £7 million health tech programme, funded by Innovate UK, has been launched to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with regulation. The Health Technology Regulatory and Innovation Programme has been announced as a joint initiative by CPI and the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), and will help […]
NHSE opens staff awareness sessions on new patient access to GP records
Primary care patients will be able to access new entries in their own GP records from April 2022, with NHS England (NHSE) now opening information and awareness sessions to help staff adapt to the changes. As HTN originally reported in November 2021, patients who use online accounts – such as […]
Be My Eyes service launched for lateral flow tests
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has launched a new service to support people who are partially sighted to use lateral flow tests in their own homes. The service has been launched to help make testing more accessible by connecting people with low vision with agents, who are available through […]
New £15m NHS cancer innovation call to open in April
NHS England and NHS improvement (NHSEI) will soon open applications to a £15 million call for new and existing cancer care innovations. The NHS Cancer Programme is to officially open its second call for technologies and ideas that can be taken to the frontline, following the ‘success from the first […]
Health Tech Awards 2022: First group of judges revealed
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2022. Following an open invitation, we were overwhelmed with the response to support the awards judging process this year. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different organisations, healthcare […]
King’s confirms new EPR funding
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced plans to roll-out a new electronic health record. The trust has secured funding to move ahead with the EPIC electronic patient record system, with a planned launch to take place in 2023. Teams at the trust involving clinical, operational and digital, are […]
DHSC publishes new proposals for health and care integration
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published a new set of government proposals for health and social care integration, including dedicated sections on digital and data. Entitled, ‘Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations‘, the white paper sets out wide ranging […]
Chelsea and Westminster pilots skin cancer AI decision support tool
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust is to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI) support tool, which aims to ‘change the way skin cancer is assessed and treated by the trust’. Through the trust’s expanding partnership with Skin Analytics, which provides AI-supported teledermatology services, it will pilot the tool – called […]
Remote health pathway evaluated for roll-out in Scotland
A remote health pathway for people with COVID-19 in Scotland has been evaluated for roll-out by a clinical advisory group. Inhealthcare’s pathway, which was designed to detect and manage early deterioration among COVID-19 patients, was found to have ‘improved access to NHS services’ for those with symptoms and can now […]
