Ideagen has announced the acquisition of American healthcare software specialists, Medforce Technologies Inc, for a deal worth $8.7m. Medforce is a growing, profitable and cash generative organisation which has successfully developed its Command suite of enterprise information management, workflow and compliance software since 1993. Its flagship CommandCenter product is used by […]
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Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do. That could soon change thanks to new, miniaturized sensors developed by researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering that, when […]
TPP sign agreement with First Chengmei Medical in Beijing
TPP have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Hainan-based company, First Chengmei Medical Industry Group. First Chengmei Medical Industry Group are a company based in the Chinese province of Hainan, they specialise in medical care, elderly care and financial investment. The firm offers a range of medical, management and construction […]
Carelink migrates customers to HSCN
Carelink, the UK healthcare managed infrastructure and network services business has successfully migrated to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN), the replacement network for N3. The migration to HSCN involved seventy of their customer organisations. Carelink was one of the first wave of suppliers to achieve HSCN Stage 2 compliance […]
Highland Marketing: Are you delivering the right messages?
Honing your messaging is vital if you want to tell potential customers what you have to offer them. Becky Mellor from health tech communications expert Highland Marketing has some tips for getting it right. Last year, I stopped being the marketing manager for a healthcare IT supplier, and moved over […]
NHS England backs innovations
NHS England has today also announced a nationally backed trial of a technology to cut missed hospital appointments by supporting DrDoctor, as well as a further £1.5 million to support the spread of innovations. A new type of ‘bowel scope’ and a device that cuts infections caused by catheters will be […]
Previse teams up with Virtualstock to deliver ‘purchase to pay’ supply chain model
Previse, the instant supplier payment decision company, and Virtualstock, the provider of digital supply chain solutions are partnering to deliver the first fully integrated purchase to pay supply chain system with cash on delivery for suppliers in the UK. The two companies will enable clients to merge their accounts payable […]
Artificial intelligence to help develop new Parkinson’s treatments
A Parkinson’s UK research proposal has won the BenevolentAI Award. The project will now use artificial intelligence to find new treatments for Parkinson’s. The project, which The Cure Parkinson’s Trust contributed to, was submitted to the inaugural Benevolent AI Award – a competition run with the Association of Medical Research […]
New ‘one stop shops’ for cancer to speed up diagnosis and save lives
Diagnostic and assessment centres are being piloted in ten areas as part of NHS England’s drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis for people with cancer. Each of the centres will operate in a different way to ensure they meet the needs of their local communities. However, all […]
HTN Digital Week launched
HTN is delighted to launch HTN Digital Week, a week to celebrate, share and showcase your work across healthcare technology. Utilising digital channels including webinars / scheduled online seminars, ebooks, opinion pieces, social media, discussions, questions and answers, blogs and videos, HTN Digital Week will provide everyone with an opportunity […]
