Dr Peter Thomas, CCIO and Director of Digital Medicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital, joined us at HTN Now to discuss Moorfields’ approach to digital medicine and their experience so far. Peter is also the Clinical Lead (Digital) of the National Eyecare Programme. Peter opened his session by sharing the intention […]
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Video: panel discussion on the digital profession
As part of this month’s HTN Now, we held a panel discussion to share advice, ideas and experiences for anyone working in a digital role within healthcare, or looking to move into one. We were joined by three digital leaders: Jeffrey Wood, Deputy Director for ICT at Princess Alexandra Hospital, […]
Health Tech Trends 2022: the biggest challenges faced by digital transformation
It’s time to explore some of the results of our Health Tech Trends series, through which we explore the ideas, challenges and priorities for leaders in health and care. Earlier this year, we released a survey posing questions on key digital topics, to gather opinions and thoughts from across the […]
Medway NHS Trust adopts cervical cancer tool Zedscan
A diagnostic medical device used to improve diagnosis of cervical cancer and pre-cancer in women referred to colposcopy clinics, has been adopted for use by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. ZedScan’s patented Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) platform technology is said to detect cervical abnormalities, or pre-cancerous changes, before they develop into […]
New elearning on information sharing from Health Education England
A new elearning programme has been released for frontline and administrative health and care staff and their supervisors, to help support the better understanding of the principles of sharing information. Developed by Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) in collaboration with the NHS Transformation Directorate, the programme is […]
£4 million awarded to innovations to support backlog and workforce pressures
SBRI Healthcare has awarded £4 million to nine pioneering medical technology and digital innovations to support the NHS in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of the innovations will be on finding new and efficient ways to support treatment backlogs and workforce pressures. The competition was launched in partnership […]
Public consultation opened on NICE standards framework for health tech
A public consultation on an evidence standards framework (ESF) used by local evaluators to help identify digital health technologies and their benefits has opened. The updated framework is intended to make it easier for “innovators and commissioners to understand what good levels of evidence for digital health technologies look like”, […]
Join us for the next edition of HTN Now [April 2022]
It’s nearly time for the return of HTN Now, a health tech tour in which we virtually visit different teams to find out what’s happening in the world of digital healthcare, and invite suppliers to share their news and innovations. Join us on 19 – 21 April for virtual discussion and […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals starts go-live to digitise patient records
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has started its go-live of CCube Solutions’ electronic document and records management system (EDRMS), as part of a significant investment in delivering digitally-enabled care. The project is part of a major change programme within the trust that will see 7500 clinical staff trained to […]
‘Better, broader, safer’ report published on use of health data for research
‘Better, broader, safer: using health data for research and analysis’ has been published, a report on how the safety and security of health data use can be improved. Professor Ben Goldacre was commissioned in February 2021 by the government to undertake the review. It is aimed at policy makers in […]
