Researchers at the Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have discovered “markers that indicate the presence of Parkinson’s disease in patients on average seven years before clinical presentation”, in “the largest study to date on retinal imaging in Parkinson’s disease”. In a study published in the Neurology […]
Year: 2023
Clinical decision support systems guide from NHSE highlights success factors including evidence base and multidisciplinary teams
NHS England has released its implementation guide for the use of health IT in supporting clinical decisions, setting out the vision for clinical decision support (CDS) systems and suggesting key actions to be taken as a part of wider digital transformation strategies. The guide highlights the “significant responsibility” borne by […]
Newcastle Hospitals welcome new chief information officer
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced that Shauna McMahon will be joining the trust in January 2024 as their new chief information officer. Shauna is currently the Group CIO and Senior Information Risk Owner at North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals […]
London North West NHS EPR goes live
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has gone live with its electronic patient record system over the weekend. The launch follows more than three years planning to “improve the quality of patient information” and provide clinicians “the right information to offer the best care as rapidly as possible”. The […]
Health tech assessment recommends virtual ward technologies for acute respiratory infections
The Health Technology Assessment Innovation Laboratory programme at NICE has conducted an early value assessment to support and inform the expansion of virtual ward provision and other intermediate care areas. The draft guidance highlights recommendations on virtual ward technologies for monitoring patients with an acute respiratory infection (ARI) from their own […]
Draft guidance from NICE recommends four digital weight management platforms
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has shared draft guidance indicating that four digital programmes can be used to help the NHS in delivering specialist weight management services, with platforms Liva, Oviva, Roczen or Second Nature enabling specialists to provide virtual care via an app or computer. […]
Poll: What does your organisation need most to improve patient flow?
For the latest poll in the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, we took to Twitter and LinkedIn to ask our audience: What does your organisation need most to improve patient flow? Participants ranged from various backgrounds and settings such as NHS organisations, researchers and healthcare innovators. A slight […]
£3.1 million funding raise for children’s speech therapies tech
Mable Therapy, a digital health platform for children’s speech and language therapy and counselling services, has secured £3.1 million in Series A investment from Gresham House Ventures. The funding is set to help Mable expand its technology offering including the development of an intra-therapy app and school screening tools to […]
AI model to support dentists in detecting tooth decay and gum disease
A platform which allows an AI model to recognise abnormalities in anatomical structures has been developed by King’s College London and the University of Surrey in collaboration with Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust and Oral Health Foundation, with the project aiming to “provide a one-stop solution to both collect and […]
Scotland’s digital health and care delivery plan focuses on access, data, leadership and more
The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities have published their digital health and care strategy delivery plan for 2023-24, setting out core aims to give citizens better control over and access to their data; to help staff to record and share information across the system; and to […]
