University Hospitals Plymouth has signed a contract with Kent-based SME, QuestPrehab, for year-long trial of digital prehabilitation (prehab) services for patients on the liver transplant list across Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset. Patients participating in the trial will have the ability to access an individualised programme spanning physical activity support, anxiety […]
Month: July 2024
Join us for HTN Now: live events exploring key health tech topics including cyber security, EPRs and more
Through our live event series, HTN Now, we host a wide variety of webinars and virtual panel discussions designed to share insights into projects, best practice and ideas for change, and ultimately provide a community through which healthcare professionals can learn from each other. Our events are free to attend […]
Featured interview: “All it takes is one misconfiguration to make a device vulnerable” Chad Holmes, Cynerio
HTN sat down for a chat with Chad Holmes, security evangelist for Cynerio, to talk all things cyber security in the healthcare space. Cynerio focuses specifically on cyber security within healthcare environments, initially centring round Internet of Things and Internet of Medical Things devices; identifying all devices in an environment […]
Leeds Teaching Hospital partners with Newton’s Tree to scale evaluation and implementation of AI
A partnership has been announced between Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and health tech startup Newton’s Tree which will see the startup’s enterprise AI platform deployed across the trust, with the aim of supporting Leeds Teaching Hospitals to “rapidly scale” its ability to evaluate and implement artificial intelligence applications. The […]
Health and care ministers appointed with responsibility for key areas of NHS transformation
With the formation of Keir Starmer’s government, the Department of Health and Social Care has seen the appointment of two new ministers with responsibility for key areas of NHS transformation including the federated data platform, technology and innovation, and cyber security. Karin Smyth, MP for Bristol South, was appointed minister […]
National Network for Innovation In Sport and Health aims to accelerate growth of med tech across Swansea
Swansea University, with the support of local health boards and Swansea Bay City Deal, has launched The National Network for Innovation In Sport and Health (NNIISH) as part of efforts to accelerate the growth of med tech, healthcare innovation and sport tech in the region. A key focus of the […]
Black Country ICB shares £354k opportunity for digital inequalities support service
NHS Black Country ICB has shared an opportunity worth an estimated £354,000 for a digital inequalities support service to assist the ICB in improving digital enablement across the region, with citizens supported to gain “quicker and better” access to healthcare services. The contracted service will support the ICS’s ongoing programme of […]
Panel discussion: self-management and the future model of community care
For a recent HTN Now virtual discussion, we were joined by panellists including self-management specialist Steph Lowen; Dee McMullan, senior district nurse at Leicestershire Partnership, and Charlotte Furness, partnerships lead at Isla Health, to talk about the implementation of supported self-care. Beginning with some introductions, Steph shared that she has […]
GP Patient Survey 2024 offers key insights into access to GP services and patient experiences
Findings from the GP Patient Survey 2024 run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England have been published, assessing patient experiences of healthcare services provided by GP practices, including access, making contact with practices, quality of care, experiences of services outside of opening hours, and experiences of NHS dental and pharmacy […]
Study highlights limitations of large language models around clinical diagnosis, interpretation of results and integration
A study published this month in Nature Medicine journal evaluates the limitations of large language models (LLM) in clinical decision-making by exploring their accuracy, with the research team highlighting reported challenges with diagnosis, interpretation of laboratory results and safe integration into existing workflows. For the purposes of the study a […]
