A new project in Hull has allowed audit social care workers access to view resident care records through the integrated health record in the area. Members of staff from the Hull City Council’s adult social care team now have access to the system, allowing them to view information generated from […]
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£9m awarded to breakthrough digital health technologies
Innovative digital technology projects have received a £9m funding boost through the government’s Digital Health Technology Catalyst. The catalyst, delivered by UK Research and Innovation, aims to accelerate the development of digital health innovation, under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, to ensure the UK remains at the leading-edge of innovative […]
New AI able to identify and predict the development of cancer symptom clusters
In the first study of its kind, published by Nature Scientific Reports, researchers from the University of Surrey and the University of California detail how they used Network Analysis (NA) to examine the structure and relationships between 38 common symptoms reported by over 1300 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The new […]
HTN 100: Servelec, Wiltshire CCG, Fika app and Moore Blatch Silicon Cup
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership and Black Country Partnership pick Servelec Servelec has signed a contract to provide Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and […]
Insource releases new patient pathway application
Insource has announced enhancements to its Patient Pathway Plus solution utilised by NHS trusts for integrated management of elective care pathways. The company has worked with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to make improvements including user experience improvements and improved filtering of huge […]
Siilo Messenger reaches 140k users
The start up Siilo Messenger has reached a milestone of 140,000 unique users, doubling its user base in less than 12 months. The GDPR compliant messaging and collaboration platform for health and care was founded in 2016 by a former doctor and surgeon and reached 70,000 users in June last year. Since […]
Pharmacist reduces controlled drugs admin by 75%
A Yorkshire based pharmacy has reduced the time spent on managing controlled drugs prescriptions by 75% thanks to a new electronic monitoring system. Day Lewis pharmacy in Hull removed its paper process and switched to an electronic controlled drugs register (eCDR) developed by EMIS Health that is integrated into his […]
HTN Newsletter
In our latest newsletter we cover the news and views we brought you this month. HTN asked industry experts for their views on NHSX, read our feature here. Interoperability was a focus in our latest feature, where we asked industry leaders for their views and examples of best practice. HTN launched […]
New pharmacy standard now complete
A new standard to improve information sharing between community pharmacies and GP practices is now complete, the Professional Record Standards Body has announced. The new standard of a two-part standard, defines the information shared in a standardised way so that information can be shared between different systems more easily. NHS […]
TPP achieves GP Connect full roll out approval
TPP has achieved full roll-out approval for Access Record: HTML capability as part of NHS Digital’s GP Connect programme. The programme ensures that staff across the NHS can access vital information from GP practice records and TPP’s full roll-out approval marks a major step forward for the national interoperability initiative. […]
