Inicio Health, a health tech start-up founded by James Davis, former Royal Free London chief innovation officer, and Amanda Sparkes, former Royal Free London divisional director of operations and nursing, has launched its first product. The company is on a mission to deliver “clinically led, patient centred, innovatively delivered, digital products for health” and […]
Month: January 2023
Interview: Michael Abtar and Dr Bright Mawudor on embedding security into solutions by design and adhering to standards
For the second of our two features focusing on data and cyber security, we spoke to Michael Abtar and Dr Bright Mawudor from IG Smart. Michael and Bright discussed the key data and cyber security threats facing healthcare in 2023; embedding security into solutions by design; the importance of adhering […]
West Yorkshire ICS to expand virtual wards
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership has opened a tender opportunity to expand its remote monitoring programmes across the region. Virtual wards are currently in place across Leeds, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield, Bradford District and Craven, however the ICS “plans to expand the bed base” and “deliver both step-up and step-down pathways that […]
North West trusts tender for integrated digital pathology solution
A joint tender opportunity involving trusts across the North West has opened. The tender is valued at £10 million for the provision and implementation of an integrated digital pathology solution across the Lancashire and South Cumbria region. The trusts involved include: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust University Hospitals of […]
Featured interview: Open Medical’s Harry Lykostratis on cyber and data security
For our January focus on cyber and data security, we were joined by Harry Lykostratis. Harry is Managing Director, Lead Engineer and Founder of Open Medical, as well as a practising orthopaedic surgeon. On his background and current role As well as founding Open Medical and my role as the […]
Poll: How much time this week did you put towards innovation, driving new ideas or creative thinking?
The latest question we asked to our health tech audience revolved around creative thinking for new ideas and innovation. We asked: How much time this week did you put towards innovation, driving new ideas or creative thinking? 69 people took part in the poll, with participants from a vast range […]
£6 million funding awarded to respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease innovations
Six innovations that support people with respiratory diseases will receive a share of £2.7 million, and eight innovations that help detect, prevent and manage cardiovascular disease are to share £3.3 million in funding. The programme, led by SBRI Healthcare, an Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative in partnership with the Academic Health […]
HTN Now Awards 2023: meet the winners
HTN Now Awards 2023: meet the winners It’s been a busy few months for us at HTN in the lead-up to the HTN Now Awards 2023 ceremony but the time has finally come – after hours of judging from a team of over 250 health tech professionals, we can finally […]
Poll: Do your local healthcare providers share live waiting time data for A&E and urgent care via a patient facing app or website?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience revolved around the availability of live data for urgent care. Analysis published by CQC following a 6-month pilot project where an app shared waiting times for A&E and urgent treatment centres across east Kent and Northamptonshire noted: reduced minors’ profile across […]
Special report: thought leadership and case studies on tackling the elective care backlog
For the latest edition of the HTN special report series, we’re exploring how the elective care backlog can be tackled, with input from Alcidion and Open Medical. CQC recently noted that the waiting list for planned elective NHS treatment has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic. In light of […]