Health Education England and NHS Transformation Directorate have launched an online learning programme on robotic process automation (RPA). Led by Health Education England’s elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) team, the programme has been design to support health and social care organisations develop, procure and implement robotic process automation technology. It […]
Month: October 2022
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS partner with Israeli health tech company
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS FT has announced a partnership with Israeli digital health company, Taliaz. The trust is introducing the company’s artificial intelligence platform with an aim to improve mental health treatment by providing clinical decision support tools and patient management for psychiatrists and GPs. The tech is said to […]
Direction for a new NHS England outlined in operating framework
NHS England has published a new framework that sets out how the organisation will operate in the new structure created by the 2022 Health and Care Act, and to outline how the direction at a national level will support integrated care systems (ICS). It focuses on transformation, change, culture, partnership working, […]
Industry view: how does the new Plan for Patients contribute to a positive digital health future?
We recently covered the Plan for Patients from newly appointed Health and Care Secretary Thérèse Coffey, which outlines measures to tackle “the priorities that matter the most to patients”. You can read our coverage of the plan here. To explore thoughts and reflections from across the health tech industry, we […]
London Health Data Strategy programme invites applications for Improvement Projects
The London Health Data Strategy (LDHS) programme has announced that NHS organisations, academia and the healthcare industry are invited to apply to lead “pioneering Improvement Projects that will improve the health of Londoners using the power of data”. The LHDS will support up to ten new ‘data at scale’ projects […]
HTN Now: NHS Arden & GEM CSU on linking health and social care data to improve services
At our HTN Now: Digital Social Care and Mental Health event we were joined by Jon Coolican, Head of Data Controls and Governance, and Diane Clark, Senior Business Analyst, from NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands (GEM) Commissioning Support Unit (CSU). Jon and Diane led a discussion on linking health […]
HTN Awards 2022: meet the winners
HTN Awards 2022: meet the winners After months of reading, judging and the very difficult job of deciding who among our finalists should take the crown, we have finally announced the winners of the Health Tech Awards 2022! The Health Tech Awards are a fantastic showcase of the breadth of […]
Free-text analytics platform CogStack deployed at University College London Hospitals
A paper entitled ‘Deployment of a Free-Text Analytics Platform at a UK National Health Service Research Hospital: CogStack at University College London Hospitals’ has been published in JMIR Publications, detailing the implementation of the technology and how it has been used to facilitate clinical research and service evaluation projects. The […]
Black Country NHS trusts publish joint five-year strategy
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have worked in collaboration to identify priorities over the next five years. Their joint vision is to “deliver exceptional care together to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities”, with four strategic aims to excel in the delivery of […]
ORCHA and Patients Know Best collaborate with Hull Teaching Hospitals
ORCHA and Patients Know Best have collaborated with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to support patients to digitally self-manage long term conditions and when waiting for elective procedures. When patients use the patient portal from Patients Know Best, they will be able to access the digital health library from […]
