In our latest HTN industry view, we sent out a call for comment to explore wider views on the Department of Health and Social Care’s new data strategy entitled ‘Data saves lives: Reshaping health and social care with data’. We received a broad range of replies from healthcare and technology […]
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‘Once for Scotland’ tech assessment and roll-out initiative launches
NHS Scotland is today launching a new initiative with the aim to speed-up the development, assessment and roll-out of innovations across its health and care settings. Through its Accelerated National Innovation Adoption pathway, the initiative is designed to assess, prioritise and support innovations to scale, in an approach termed ‘Once for […]
Chatbot tech helps Lancashire and South Cumbria tackle patient waiting lists
Chatbot technology has been used across Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS to help tackle elective care waiting lists. The system guides patients through a series of questions to establish if their condition has changed, if they require treatment sooner, or if they no longer require treatment. Following a pilot with […]
Innovate UK to open £30 million net zero and healthcare fund
Innovate UK is to open a new funding programme to support small and micro businesses with up to £50,000, as part of a £30 million funding programme. The programme hopes to attract innovative ideas that have a clear route to commercialisation, with a focus on supporting the UK’s net zero targets […]
LIVE: HTN Now Electronic Patient Records, Strategy, Transformation and Change
Join HTN and colleagues live today for our two-day online event focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change! You can follow our live blog below, or join us on the webinars here.
The Health Tech Awards 2022 deadline is next week…
The deadline to enter the Health Tech Awards 2022 is upon us! You have until midnight 23 June 2022 to enter the awards programme – you can enter your team here. The awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through […]
Nordic nurse-tech provider to launch with pilot at Leeds Teaching
A health tech supplier based in Norway has launched a pilot scheme with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to explore the company’s online knowledge and decision support systems. VAR Healthcare has joined the Innovation Pop Up at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with the aim to enter the NHS tech […]
Search engine tool developed to identify potential liver disease
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has launched a research project with the aim of identifying people with liver disease using a newly developed search engine. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Predictive Health Intelligence team (a partnership of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust involving clinicians and IT […]
News in Brief: Shuri Network launch new fellowship, new app to support cancer patients, breast screening services get modernised and more
Here is our latest news in brief, and yet again, there has been lots going on in the health tech industry this week! At HTN we’re busy working on our two-day online event taking place 20-21 June, focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change. The deadline is also […]
Join us for HTN Now; Electronic Patient Records, Strategy, Transformation and Change
Join HTN and colleagues for the latest edition of HTN Now, focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change, taking place 20 – 21 June. Our two-day online event is nearly upon us, where we bring together health and care teams and suppliers to share innovations, projects, learnings, approaches, and […]
