The latest question we posed to our health tech audience focused on people’s thoughts on investment priorities. We asked: If you had additional investment/funding, which area should be the priority for an ICS and digital across a system? 66 people took part in the poll, with participants from a wide […]
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Feature: whatever way you slice it, connectivity holds the key to innovation for emergency services
Feature by Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer, Vodafone UK Whatever way you slice it, connectivity holds the key to innovation for emergency services. It would be fair to say that 5G has so far been marketed as little more than faster speeds on your mobile. Most 5G promotion has focused […]
NICE recommends digital technologies for children and young people with anxiety
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended four digital technologies designed to children and young people manage symptoms of anxiety and low mood for use within the NHS. The technologies recommended by an independent NICE committee are: Lumi Nova (BfB labs) Online Social anxiety Cognitive therapy […]
Join us for our EPR event on 21 February
Join HTN at our one-day online event focusing on electronic patient records! Taking place on 21 February, the event is open to all to attend – register for your free ticket now to discuss, discover and learn about the latest happenings in health tech. Through the event, a range of professionals […]
HTN Now Digital Primary Care: Generated Health and BLMK ICB on Florence and BP@Home
At HTN Now: Digital Primary Care, we were joined by Dr Jonathan Sergeant, Chief Medical Officer of Generated Health, and Matthew Davies, clinical pharmacist within the medicines optimisation team at NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) ICB. Generated Health run Florence, an intelligent messaging platform that communicates with patients […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals appoints new chief information officer
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals (BTH) has recently appointed a new chief information officer, Mark Singleton, to lead the organisation’s digital journey and be responsible for the data and digital systems and teams at the trust. Mark has recently spent the last nine years working at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals […]
Wellcome announces £22.7 million in funding for projects developing digital tools for climate-sensitive infectious diseases
24 research teams across 12 countries are to receive a share of £22.7 million to develop new digital tools in response to climate-sensitive infectious diseases, following a funding call last year from global charitable foundation Wellcome. The Digital Technology Development Awards focused on the development of open-source technology and aimed to […]
The Royal Society publishes report on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
The Royal Society has published a report on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to consider their potential to “revolutionise the safe and rapid use of sensitive data for wider public benefit”. The report, entitled ‘From privacy to partnership: the role of Privacy Enhancing Technologies in data governance and collaborative analysis’, was […]
University Hospitals Dorset uses AI in building new Royal Bournemouth Hospital
University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) is using artificial intelligence technology to build facilities at the new Royal Bournemouth Hospital. The Buildots technology analyses data that has been captured at the site through helmet-mounted 360-degree cameras. It then creates progress reports that are supported by visuals, which the trust says are designed […]
HTN Let’s Talk: Leonardo Tantari and Stephen Blackburn at Leeds City Council and NHS West Yorkshire ICB
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk, sponsored by Spirit Health! For this episode we interview Leonardo Tantari (Chief Digital Information Officer) and Stephen Blackburn (Innovation Manager) at Leeds City Council and NHS West Yorkshire ICB. We discussed the Leeds Integrated Digital Service strategy and the future for digital […]
