The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first guidelines for digital adoption; from paper to digital pathways. It aims to accelerate and ensure consistency of digital health tools, interventions and pathways, starting first with antenatal care. The SMART Guidelines have been produced to support developers, policy makers, technology teams, and […]
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Health Tech Awards 2021 launched
HTN is delighted to launch the Health Tech Awards 2021 to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through the year. The innovative awards, now in their fifth year, provide a great platform to showcase and share your work. There are a […]
Mapping tool introduced by NHS South, Central and West CSU for home visits
NHS South, Central and West CSU (SCW) has introduced new mapping and modelling techniques to support housebound patient visits for GPs and nurses in Somerset. The tool went live on 4 February 2021 to help reach as many patients in a day, in the least number of journeys. The CSU […]
Health Tech Awards 2021: First group of judges revealed
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2021. Following an open invitation 48 hours ago, we were overwhelmed with the response to support the awards judging process this year. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from […]
From disease detection to drug creation: the diverse applications of AI in healthcare
In December 2020, HTN featured artificial intelligence tools supporting everything from colonoscopies to strokes, and the diverse applications of AI in healthcare. Part two of our ‘applications of AI in healthcare’ series looks specifically at AI in radiology; AI in psychiatry; and in the creation of new drugs and the […]
Sussex Community FT implements new automated scheduling system
A new automated scheduling system has been implemented at Sussex Community Foundation Trust (SCFT) following successful pilots in Leicestershire and Hertfordshire. The Trust has gone live with TPP’s AutoPlanner, to provide staff scheduling functionality, and automatically book visits in the community on a daily basis. The Trust is also progressing the […]
Induction app supports clinician onboarding at Nightingale London
NHS Nightingale London has used an app from Induction Healthcare to support the onboarding process of 418 clinicians. Using the Induction Switch app, a popular communication platform used by 185,000 healthcare professionals, the temporary hospital has adopted the tool to support communication, secure messaging, directory services and document sharing. London’s Nightingale hospital was reopened last month […]
Report: Healthcare providers and systems brace for a third recovery wave; 6,100 monthly cancer patients, and 2.5m elective patient gap
Feature by Draper & Dash, view the insight report here > As far as intensity goes, this has been one of the most extreme and challenging months in history for the healthcare sector. As a I write this, we are simultaneously experiencing one of the most transformative periods in healthcare, […]
PRSB launches supplier scheme to drive standards
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB), a non-profit organisation responsible for the development of standards for digital health and care records, has launched a new vendor scheme to support integrated care. The ‘Standards Partnership Scheme’ has been launched to visibly recognise and support vendors that are implementing endorsed record standards, in a bid […]
A week in health tech: a summary of HETT Reset
This week, the HTN team joined the health tech community for a very interesting virtual HETT Show. During the week we attended the panel discussions and covered some of the themes and key discussion points: NHS digitalisation and the future role of NHS Digital; an interview with Sarah Wilkinson Integration […]
