For our latest panel discussion on using data for proactive care, we welcomed Deborah El-Sayed, director of transformation and chief digital information officer at NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB; Esther Ocrah, director for GE HealthCare Command Centre Europe; and David Hammond, deputy chief strategy officer at Wirral […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
£4.3 million funding for virtual hospital and telemonitoring supplier
An investment of £4.3 million (€5 million) has been made by Bertelsmann Investments into Doccla, provider of virtual hospital platforms for telemonitoring, with the capital to be used for expansion in Europe with particular focus on Germany. The investment follows a round of Series A funding in September 2022, with […]
Feature: data that speaks volumes
Content by Open Medical. For the NHS to achieve its Long Term Plan, it needs to move from silos to system working, from reactive to proactive care. But how? By establishing an integrated digital ecosystem. A digital ecosystem will drive the reduction of health inequalities and provide targeted, personalised, and […]
NHS England announces £330m Federated Data Platform contract
NHS England has announced that the contract for the Federated Data Platform (FDP) has been awarded to a group led by Palantir Technologies UK with support from Accenture, PwC, NECS and Carnall Farrar, with up to £330 million to be invested over the contractual period of seven years. The FDP, […]
Launching… HTN International!
For years we’ve been bringing you key news, insights, updates and innovations from the healthcare industry through articles, interviews, deep dives, features, live sessions, our awards programme and more. Now, we’re delighted to share that we are widening our scope through the launch of our new sister site, HTN International. […]
Interview: Ceire Costelloe and Lisa Scerri on using health data to improve cancer outcomes at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
We recently sat down to chat with Ceire Costelloe, professor of health informatics at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Lisa Scerri, business manager of BRIDgE (Biomedical Research Informatics Digital Environments) at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Ceire and Lisa discussed how health data is being used to […]
Amanda Pritchard highlights role of digital and tech in speech to NHS Providers Annual Conference
In last week’s speech to the NHS Providers Annual Conference, Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, highlighted the role of virtual infrastructure, digital platforms and data architecture as “increasingly important” in the health service for their potential to “support patients to get what they need more easily”. Referring to […]
Join us tomorrow for live discussions on AI in eyecare, data for proactive care and more
Our HTN Now event series aims to explore best practice and inspiration from across the NHS and beyond. Tomorrow, Tuesday 21 November, join us for a range of live and written content across topics including population hypertension management, ophthalmology, cancer care and more, along with a very special launch of […]
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust appoints new CDIO
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced that the new post of chief digital information officer will replace its director of digital position, with Dr Jason Bincalar to join the trust from January 2024. The trust says that the creation of this leadership post “reflects the significance […]
Panel discussion: patient engagement and communication “It’s about designing for usability, and easy user experience”
For our latest panel discussion, on the topic of patient engagement and communication, we welcomed a group of healthcare professionals including Dr Penny Kechagioglou, chief clinical information officer and deputy chief medical officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Dr A Raj Kumar, GP, deputy chief medical information officer at […]
