Our news in brief covers a wide range of stories – from a roll out of an audit app across a trust’s inpatient sites, new AI technology for chest X-rays and predicting outcomes, and a £30.4 million funding raise for an AI company – but that’s not all. Here’s our round-up of the […]
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NHS Innovation Accelerator 2022 cohort announced
The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) announced the 10 innovators who will be supported to spread their innovations in the NHS over the next three years. The selected innovations range from a solution to support common types of hearing loss in children, digital assessment tools, AI clinical support and a musculoskeletal […]
NHS Blood and Transplant launch new strategy
NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a new strategy covering the next four years, from 2022 to 2026. The strategy details how the organisation will modernise its operations, improve its use of data, as well as how it plans to respond to emerging technologies and consumer trends. It states plans […]
Black Country and West Birmingham ICS set for shared care record
Black Country and West Birmingham ICS is set to introduce its shared care record working with Graphnet Health. The ICS has partnered with Graphnet to deliver the shared record across Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell and West Birmingham, to cover 1.5 million residents across the area. Once the project is complete, […]
Irish private hospital network selects EHR
Mater Private Network, a private hospital business in Ireland, has signed a deal with MEDITECH to implement its electronic health record (EHR). The system will be introduced to replace a paper-based process and a number of systems used across its specialties and locations, the company said. As part of the […]
Lantum raises £11m to support growth plans
Lantum has raised £11.4 million ($15m) in funding led by Finch Capital and other participants to help accelerate the company’s growth plans. Specialising in workforce management, the company’s platform is now used by over 30,000 clinical and non-clinical staff, and 50% of GP practices in England. Investors in the over-subscribed […]
Social Value Model to be adopted in all procurements
From 1st April 2022, all NHS providers will be required to adopt the Government’s Social Value Model and include a minimum of 10% weighting on net zero and social value into tenders, the NHS Procurement Transformation team within NHS England and Improvement has stated. This month, new guidance has been published […]
The Christie selects software engineering partner
The Christie NHS FT has partnered with Aire Logic to utilise the company’s software engineering, dev-ops and architecture expertise services, as part of a £1.6m deal. The partnership will support the trust to modernise its in-house electronic health record (EHR), taking an approach to ‘separate the data layer’, that aligns […]
Industry View: health tech experts react to current challenges within the digital industry
Here at HTN we sent out a call for comment to understand some of the current market challenges, which proved to be a popular topic. Outlining what those challenges are and how they can be solved – many of you sent in your views and perspectives. Below is a focused […]
Greater Manchester launches pilot to address digital poverty for care leavers
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has launched a new pilot supporting care leavers in Salford, by encouraging them to get online. The pilot is now live to support 40 care leavers, containing a package of support that will include free devices through Salford Council, free data for 12 months and […]
