United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) has announced the preferred supplier for its electronic patient record, to Insight Direct (UK) implementing a Nervecentre solution, subject to contract and approval of full business case. The trust has been investing in its digital infrastructure as part of the EPR programme, with […]
Month: October 2024
Scottish healthcare innovators encouraged to apply for Clinical Entrepreneur Programme
InnoScot Health is encouraging Scottish healthcare innovators to apply for the third year of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP), with applications set to close on 29 October ready for the programme to commence in early 2025. Applications are welcomed from NHS workforce staff and those providing NHS services, with […]
Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center recommends that providers appoint CISO
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has warned healthcare providers about Trinity Ransomware group and its focus on targeting patient data, with CEO at OmniIndex Simon Bain speaking out on the “growing threat” of this type of attack and its potential to hold hospital infrastructure “hostage and immobilised”. Bain pointed […]
Digital and data across Scotland: interviews, insight, strategy, innovations…
Digital and data across Scotland In this special report HTN examines the landscape of digital healthcare in Scotland now at present and for the future, as well as speaking to representatives from the Scottish Government, NHS National Services Scotland and Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre, to hear their […]
Applications open for £4.2 million medtech accelerator for SMEs seeking external regulatory support
The UK’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has opened applications for a £4 million medtech fund designed to support SMEs in commercialising new products and meeting new regulatory requirements, with up to £30,000 available for successful applicants. Recognising that SMEs often suffer with a “lack of internal expertise” on the […]
Panel discussion: scaling health tech, new modes of collaboration, and future digital leadership
HTN welcomed a panel of experts from across the health sector for a recent HTN Now webinar to discuss scaling health technologies, focusing on digital projects and programmes successfully scaled at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, University Hospitals of Leicester and University Hospitals of Northamptonshire, as well as approaches, challenges, and how […]
NHS Shared Business Services opens framework opportunity for digital workplace solutions
NHS Shared Business Services has published an open opportunity, seeking suppliers to join a framework to provide digital workplace solutions across the NHS and other public sector organisations. It aims to cover off-the-shelf software licensing, bespoke software development, infrastructure equipment supply, and infrastructure support, maintenance, and management services. The framework […]
HTN Now: Isla’s digital pathway platform in supporting chronic wound care and caring for darker skin tones
A recent HTN Now webinar focused on the potential for technology to help support chronic wound care, focusing on a case study of the Isla digital pathway platform at Birmingham Community Healthcare exploring the utilisation of technology to help detect pressure ulcers in darker skin tones. We were joined by […]
Announcing… the Health Tech Awards 2024 winners!
Health Tech Awards 2024 Ceremony Welcome to the big reveal of the Health Tech Awards 2024, sponsored by CCube Solutions – at long last, we are delighted to share our winners with you! Firstly, thanks where thanks is due: we’ve had a wonderful cohort of judges helping to review each […]
Set your alarm: Health Tech Awards 2024 winners to be revealed at 8pm tonight!
It’s here at long last – we will be announcing the winners of the Health Tech Awards 2024 at 8pm tonight, here on our website. After months of reading through over 100 entries, our fantastic judges – health tech professionals from across the industry – have narrowed down the many […]
