Redmoor Health has landed a new contract to support the roll-out of virtual group clinics across Wales. NHS Wales is launching the new programme to deliver virtual clinics to groups of people with similar health needs, including diabetes, asthma, rheumatology and dermatology. The contract will see the company train 250 […]
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North West Anglia NHS trials digital letters
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is trialling a new digital system from DrDoctor for patients to view appointment letters online. Initially in pilot in the Gastroenterology Departments at Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke Hospitals, the system will allow patients to manage their appointments on their mobile, tablet or computer via a […]
Details announced for HTN Now January 2021
HTN Now, a new series ‘for the moment’ or ‘for the now’, brings together healthcare teams and industry to share their programmes, experiences, learnings, new innovations and technologies. Through live webcast sessions, content, a digital awards programme, interviews and video, HTN Now focuses on a variety of digital programmes and innovations […]
Public Health England and ORCHA open call for Digital Health Check tech
Public Health England and ORCHA, the health app advisor and evaluation organisation, have launched a call to identify digital health products and services capable of supporting the NHS Health Check programme. Digital solutions will need to demonstrate they are capable of delivering or supporting the delivery of the key elements of the […]
Imprivata acquires patient privacy intelligence company
Imprivata has announced the acquisition of FairWarning Technologies, a provider of solutions to protect privacy and secure data stored in applications. In the US, 35% of healthcare systems are supported by the technology, helping healthcare organisations comply with regulations, protect sensitive data, and prevent insider threats. The platform ingests hundreds of data […]
New sensor launched to diagnose sleep apnoea
A project supported by the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and £4.8M investment, has this week launched a new sensor said to diagnose sleep apnoea and associated sleep disorders using a device that sits on your chin. The device, Sunrise, is a certified medical smart sensor, to offer results […]
Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG launch local app library
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire CCG has launched a health and wellbeing app library to support people in the region access approved apps. Supported by ORCHA, the health app advisor and evaluation organisation, the library helps to provide people make informed decisions on the best apps to use, and supports healthcare […]
Rare disease diagnosis programme launched across 45 GP practices
Health tech company Mendelian has partnered with Modality NHS Partnership to launch a programme to provide support for rare disease diagnosis for over 450,000 patients across 45 GP practices. Due to start in January 2021, Mendelian’s technology will support primary care diagnosis of rare disease, throughout Modality’s GP practice network. The technology […]
Clinical studies tech start-up uMed raises £3.7m
Health tech startup uMed has raised £3.7m in new funding for its solution that helps automate processes in running clinical studies. The latest funding follows a previous raises of £1m in October 2019 from Playfair Capital which continues as an investor in its latest round. The company now plans to use […]
New Turing fellows announced to develop AI tech
Fifteen researchers have been awarded Turing AI Acceleration fellowships, to develop artificial intelligence technologies. The technologies will be developed to combat cancer, support data modelling, cybersecurity and use AI tools with crowdsourced information to track the spread of infectious diseases. Named after AI pioneer Alan Turing, the fellowships are supported […]
