Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB) has adopted artificial intelligence (AI) technology to support its process of diagnosing suspected skin cancers and to prioritise patients. Working alongside health tech company Skin Analytics, the hospitals’ dermatology services are using a tool called DERM to analyse high quality images of suspected […]
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One Care releases IIF tracking dashboard for primary care networks
One Care, a GP federation in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG), has developed a new dashboard to help general practice monitor progress against national targets from the Investment and Impact Fund (IIF). Covering 70 GP practices, One Care has launched the dashboard to measure PCN performance against a […]
Cyber security, EPR, digital programmes, virtual wards, EPMA, social prescribing in focus at HTN Now 8-9 November
This week at HTN our health tech for the now online event series continues, taking place 8-9 November discussing current and topical health tech topics, open to all to attend. We welcome speakers from across the industry to discuss a number of topics such as: cyber security, women in digital transformation, […]
DigitalHealth.London opens Launchpad for new applications
DigitalHealth.London has opened for applications to their new Launchpad programme for the next generation of digital health companies. The programme supports London-based early-stage companies that are developing innovations or processes focused on transforming health and care, and allows them to launch new products or services to the wider NHS staff […]
Study shows benefits of telemedicine technology for patients internationally
A new study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya has shown that telemedicine technology has been beneficial to the screening, diagnosis, management treatment and long-term follow-up of chronic diseases. The study explained that during the COVID […]
Join the judging team for the HTN Now Awards 2023
It’s that time of year when we plan the HTN Now Awards 2023 and here’s your chance to learn from all the entries and help ensure we have the best possible judging process around! We’re looking for a fantastic group of people to help support the judging process – whether […]
WHO holds Health Hackathon in Ukraine to develop digital health solutions
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has held their “first-ever Health Hackathon” in Ukraine to find solutions for some of the challenges patients and doctors face in digital healthcare. Noting that digitalisation is “an essential step forward in strengthening health systems and public health functions”, WHO brought together more than 40 […]
HTN Now: Apira on a challenge to the managed convergence agenda in Mental Health
For HTN Now: Digital Social Care and Mental Health, we were joined by a team from Apira consisting of Alan Brown, Director of Professional Services; Iain Borland, Managing Consultant and Head of Deployment; and Director Geoff Broome. The talk focused on challenges to the managed convergence agenda in mental health. […]
HTN Now: CareFlow Medicines Management on their critical care system
For the September edition of HTN Now, we were joined by CareFlow Medicines Management (CMM) to discuss their critical care system. Led by Verl Vine, CMM’s ICU expert and critical care product specialist, the session explored how critical care units would benefit from using the system, and demonstrated the software […]
Researchers explore effectiveness of animations for patient communications
The effectiveness of video animations used to provide information for patients and the general public has been explored in a paper published in Frontiers. Through a systematic review, authors from the Department of Health Sciences, University of York and Hull York Medical School explored the value of video animations as a […]
