Surgeons at Northwick Park, part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, have used HoloLens 2 glasses to operate on a cancer patient for the first time with the aid of augmented reality. HoloLens 2 technology, developed by Microsoft and powered by Medical iSight software, allowed the team led […]
Month: June 2022
Chatbot tech helps Lancashire and South Cumbria tackle patient waiting lists
Chatbot technology has been used across Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS to help tackle elective care waiting lists. The system guides patients through a series of questions to establish if their condition has changed, if they require treatment sooner, or if they no longer require treatment. Following a pilot with […]
Innovate UK to open £30 million net zero and healthcare fund
Innovate UK is to open a new funding programme to support small and micro businesses with up to £50,000, as part of a £30 million funding programme. The programme hopes to attract innovative ideas that have a clear route to commercialisation, with a focus on supporting the UK’s net zero targets […]
Online blood appointment booking system launched at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals
A new online booking system has been launched at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) to allow patients using the trust’s blood test services to book themselves into their chosen clinic. The Dedalus Swiftqueue self-service appointment booking system has been introduced, procured using tech funding received […]
Industry opinion: how many GP clinical system suppliers will there be in five years?
Last week, we shared a poll on LinkedIn and in our newsletter asking: five years from now, how many GP clinical system (core electronic health record) suppliers do you think there will be? Views were split; after three days, 51 percent of respondents voted that they do not expect to […]
LIVE: HTN Now Electronic Patient Records, Strategy, Transformation and Change
Join HTN and colleagues live today for our two-day online event focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change! You can follow our live blog below, or join us on the webinars here.
Healthcare opinions: what does inclusive leadership mean?
This week we spotted Samantha Allen, Chief Executive (Designate) for North East and North East Cumbria NHS Integrated Care Board, asking the healthcare community what inclusive leadership means to them, we decided to have a look through some of the answers to explore what leadership really means to people in healthcare. […]
The Health Tech Awards 2022 deadline is next week…
The deadline to enter the Health Tech Awards 2022 is upon us! You have until midnight 23 June 2022 to enter the awards programme – you can enter your team here. The awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through […]
Nordic nurse-tech provider to launch with pilot at Leeds Teaching
A health tech supplier based in Norway has launched a pilot scheme with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to explore the company’s online knowledge and decision support systems. VAR Healthcare has joined the Innovation Pop Up at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with the aim to enter the NHS tech […]
Search engine tool developed to identify potential liver disease
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has launched a research project with the aim of identifying people with liver disease using a newly developed search engine. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Predictive Health Intelligence team (a partnership of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust involving clinicians and IT […]
