Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has published a guide for innovators designed to support consideration of how the design, development and implementation of innovations can help in achieving health equity. The guide builds on Health Innovation KSS’s ‘ten principles of health equity’, which set out considerations to take including […]
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AI Act, legal framework for Europe designed to support “trustworthy AI”, enters into force
The European Commission has announced that AI Act, a legal framework seeking to address the risks of AI in Europe by setting out clear requirements and obligations in support of “trustworthy AI”, has officially entered into force. Designed to address risks with AI systems that could lead to “undesirable outcomes”, […]
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust shares £300k opportunity for remote patient monitoring system
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has shared an opportunity to procure remote patient monitoring services and hardware worth an estimated £300,000, set to run for three years. Following the end of the existing remote monitoring contract, the trust seeks to establish a new contract to support the clinical effectiveness and […]
HTN Now: virtual events next week on AI, virtual wards, primary care innovation and eHubs
Next week is shaping up to be a busy one here at HTN, with webinars across 6-8 August taking in topics such as tackling bias in healthcare data and the future of virtual wards. All HTN panel discussions and webinars take place on Microsoft Teams and are free to NHS […]
Engage Consult in first round of assurance for NHS Notify with new features added
Engage Health Systems has announced updates to how Engage Consult, its online and video consultation tool, works with the NHS App. Following a review to map out user journeys and identify required improvements working in collaboration with the NHS App team, Engage has added a new document upload feature to support […]
Flo Health raises over $200m for next phase of growth, achieves unicorn status
Women’s health app Flo Health has raised over $200 million in series C investment from General Atlantic, leading to a total valuation of more than $1 billion and as such marking the start-up’s achievement of unicorn status. The app is described as a tool for preventative care and health education, […]
British Medical Association sets out vision to rebuild general practice, with push towards public health data model
The British Medical Association (BMA) has shared a “vision to rebuild general practice”, setting out “essential changes that need to happen” in order to achieve sustainability, including moving forward a public health data-driven model and investing in technologies. The BMA places focus on stability, urging the government and NHS England […]
Agilio expands to pharmacy with acquisition of e-learning platform Mediapharm
Healthcare operations software provider Agilio has announced the acquisition of specialist pharmacy e-learning business Mediapharm, supplying a training platform for pharmacy staff that enables managers to enrol staff and track performance. The acquisition marks Agilio’s expansion into the pharmacy sector, and aims to support Mediapharm in scaling its offer as […]
NHSE’s July board meeting highlights data around waiting lists, cancer care, mental health and more
NHS England’s board met last week to discuss data insights into the health system’s performance, the implications for digital with regards to the financial state of the NHS, how technology relates to productivity, and more. Key statistics were shared at the board meeting, including a largely consistent rate of A&E […]
Interview: “The use of data like this must become part of the day job” David Hammond and Claire Wedge, Wirral Community Health and Care
For our latest interview we were joined by David Hammond, deputy chief strategy officer, and Claire Wedge, chief nursing information officer and deputy chief nurse, both from Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. David and Claire joined us to discuss their work using data around falls and frailty. […]