NHS Digital has launched the National Record Locator Service to enable triage personnel such as mental health nurses and paramedics, who are called to a patient in distress, to find out whether a patient they are treating has a mental health crisis plan. The service has been launched in beta […]
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Kettering General Hospital picks Ingenica Solutions
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Ingenica Solutions as its new inventory management solution provider. The project will see the implementation of Ingenica Solutions’ 360 IM across the entire trust to track and trace inventory to the patient level; understanding what products have been used, when, where, and on […]
New Zealand Health Board shows real-time waiting times via patient app
Counties Manukau Health in New Zealand is trialling a digital information system to help patients receive the right care for them. A screen in Middlemore Hospital ED and a free smartphone app show patients real-time information comparing the total waiting and treatment times for urgent care (not emergency care) within […]
400 GP Practices consultation data made available in new dashboard
Information from 400 GP practices and 20 million consultations has been analysed and made available in the form of a new digital dashboard. Developed by Greater Manchester Connected Health City (GM CHC) researchers at The University of Manchester with Public Health England, the National Antibiotic Prescribing Dashboard allows a range […]
New mum and baby app launched
North West London NHS has launched a new mum and baby app – a personal guide for pregnancy, birth and beyond. The app was developed by mums, midwives and doctors in North West London and charity CW+ to provide women with a single source of trusted NHS information for all […]
Alder Hey to digitise patient records with Wellbeing Software
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Wellbeing Software to remove its paper based processes across its services. Alder Hey is implementing the Stratus platform, to scan and replace paper records, making them available alongside other sources of integrated clinical data via the intuitive clinician’s interface. Chris Yeowart, Director […]
Draper & Dash launches multi sector Global 2018 Data Analytics Challenge
Draper & Dash has launched a multi sector Global 2018 Data Analytics Challenge giving data scientists, analysts, developers and BI teams a chance to win up to $7,000 for showcasing their work. Draper & Dash (D&D) is a London based AI and Machine learning, predictive data and analytics company. […]
Interview Series: Dr Nick Harvey, co-founder of Digitalis
In our latest interview we spoke with Dr Nick Harvey, CEO of Digitalis, NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur and RCGP Entrepreneur. Dr Harvey has been a principle GP 7 years and a trainer for 5 years and is the co-founder of Digitalis, a platform that helps busy healthcare professionals meet their obligations to […]
HTN 100: Cera Care, Homerton upgrades its outpatient services and ECLIPSE case management
HTN 100 is a 100 word challenge and news brief to help share health tech projects and learnings. In 100 words we want to hear about the technology you are using, the benefits, successes and tips. HTN 100 will be published every Friday! To participate email news@thehtn.co.uk. Sponsored by CCube Solutions Designed and […]
Health tech investor Clanwilliam Group expands into medical education with Obsidian
The Clanwilliam Group has welcomed Obsidian Healthcare, its 17th business to join the fast-growing group. The Obsidian Healthcare Group educates tens of thousands of healthcare professionals across the globe each year on new innovations, drugs and clinical best practice. The company works with clinical experts to design and deliver innovative educational programmes for […]
