HTN Now April may have come to a close but, here at HTN, preparations are already underway for our next live series in June! Taking place 14-17th June, our health tech tour continues, and once again, offers speakers from across the industry the opportunity to discuss their programmes, learnings, approach […]
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Prostate Cancer Research partners with health-tech start-ups
Prostate Cancer Research has announced it’s partnering with Vine Health, a free information health app, and Lucida Medical, a company specialising in early detection of cancer. The Vinehealth app will be updated with new information from Prostate Cancer Research to support people with a reliable source of information. The partnership aims to work […]
17 trusts join for cross-organisational diagnostic reporting and image sharing
17 NHS trusts, funded by the Cancer Alliance and NHS England, have signed an agreement for a cross-organisational diagnostic reporting and image sharing platform. The trusts are set to use Wellbeing Software and Insignia Medical Systems across South West England to share the reporting workload and introduce a single workflow. It […]
London North West and Hillingdon picks Cerner integrated EPR
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT have signed an agreement with Cerner to implement its integrated electronic health record (EHR). The deal was signed in February, and will see the two organisations utilise the EPR as well as joining the EHR domain used […]
NICE launches five-year strategy with focus on data, technologies and innovations
NICE has today published a five-year strategy with an increased focus on new treatments, technologies and innovations. In the strategy the body highlights its four priority areas of focus; ‘rapid, robust, and responsive technology evaluation’, ‘dynamic, living guideline recommendations’, ‘effective guidance uptake to maximise impact’ and ‘leadership in data, research […]
News in brief: MOD contract for PMC solution, openEHR in the Caribbean
There’s plenty of health tech news to start the week with – from the Ministry of Defence’s primary medical care contract, to openEHR in the Caribbean – catch up on anything you might have missed, by reading our news bites this morning. MOD contract for PMC solution delivery The software […]
Barts Health reports rise in e-referral advice and guidance function
Barts Health NHS Trust has reported a rise in the number of GPs using the advice and guidance (A&G) service, through the NHS e-Referral Service. The service, which supports clinicians to seek advice from each other, has grown to 2,300 requests in one month – an increase of almost 200% […]
News in brief: Google to return to patient record tools, NHS Digital signs up with Scandit
Google, NHS Digital, the World Health Organisation…there are some big names in the news pot this week. There’s plenty to catch up on – as well as our HTN Now April 2021 sessions – so use our news bites below to find out the latest developments in the world of […]
Microsoft to acquire Nuance for $19.7 billion
Microsoft is to acquire Nuance, a provider of speech recognition software, for approximately $19.7 billion. The companies today entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 per share, a 23% premium to the closing price of Nuance on Friday, April 9. Mark Benjamin will remain CEO […]
NHS AI Lab Skunkworks pilot project provides fast-access data search
The NHS AI Lab Skunkworks team has been working on a pilot project called ‘Data Lens’ – a fast-access data search that works in multiple languages – with the first-stage prototype now completed. A successful candidate from the 2020 edition of the ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ project pitch to the AI Lab […]
