Babylon Health to launch medical chatbot in US in January 2020 Babylon is securing two ‘very large’ US partners to allow US patients to use its digital triage service. Kurt Blasena, Senior Managing Director of Commercial Strategy and Revenue Growth said Babylon hopes to grow the two large partners to […]
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Royal Free London and Barts Health roll out 3D image analysis software
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Barts Health NHS Trust will be rolling out 3D image analysis software to improve heart disease diagnosis. The new image analysis software aims to improve accuracy rates for coronary heart disease diagnoses and reduce the use of invasive patient testing. Dr Parmajit […]
Taunton and Somerset to deploy Alcidion
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has signed an agreement to deploy Alcidion’s e-observations, vital signs and patient assessments solution. The trust will utilise the Patientrack e-observations and clinical assessment solution to digitise how patients’ vital signs and observations are captured at the bedside. It will ensure patients’ early warning scores […]
Bradford Teaching pilots on-demand Telehealth platform
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with TytoCare, an all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical examinations. The technology will be used to carry out remote examinations and diagnoses with a cohort of young patients with acute and worsening chronic conditions. The three-month pilot with […]
NHSX to support trusts buy and deliver standards compliant technology
NHSX, the body responsible for delivering the Health Secretary’s Tech Vision is to develop an assurance service to support trusts buy standard compliant tech. On Twitter NHSX said “We want to understand how to make sure trusts buy tech that supports interoperability in the NHS.” It will initially focus on […]
Matt Hancock announces new digital aspirant programme
Matt Hancock in a speech delivered at Policy Exchange has outlined his priorities for health and care and announced a new digital aspirant programme; an extension to the Global Digital Exemplar programme to benefit more trusts. Hancock said “I want the whole of the NHS to be part of the […]
Gloucestershire Hospitals live with Allscripts EPR in under 6 months
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a new electronic patient record utilising the Allscripts Sunrise platform. The trust went live 5 months after signing a contract to procure the system and said they had planned to start deployment in the summer of 2020, but decided the solution […]
Paris start-up launches smart monitoring t-shirt
Chronolife, a Paris-based company has launched a new smart t-shirt that monitors six key physiological parameters to enable prevention and monitoring. The company has also this week closed a new round of fund raising to help in its commercial phase. The platform uses wearable electronics to integrate 10 biometric scanners […]
Sponsor supports Health Tech Awards for fourth year
HTN is delighted to announce CCube Solutions will be a headline sponsor for the fourth year running in the innovative Health Tech Awards. The unique Health Tech Awards celebrate and showcase exceptional projects, teams, technology and organisations across health and care that are making a real difference. In 2020, you […]
Interview Series: Glenn Winteringham, Chief Digital Officer, Royal Free London NHS FT
The Cerner and Draper & Dash Digital Transformation, Glenn Winteringham, Chief Digital Officer, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust shares his experience. At the recent Executive Patient Flow Summit, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust won the digital transformation award for its work with Draper & Dash. To learn more about […]
