HTN is delighted to welcome CareFlow Medicines Management as headline sponsor of HTN Now 2022. HTN Now, a unique online event series, takes place throughout the year to bring together the health tech community and share, discuss and collaborate on a variety of topics focused on health technology for the […]
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Feature: Dr Vijay Magon discusses 10 areas of focus for the government’s £2.1 billion for NHS IT
By Dr Vijay Magon, Managing Director of CCube Solutions From 2009, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust stopped using paper medical records in clinical practice after migrating to an electronic document and records management system (EDRMS), to coincide with the opening of two hospitals at Whiston and St […]
News in Brief: 1m to trial quicker diagnostic tools, Medway’s EPR programme, Hampshire updates maternity tech
January always brings the HTN team a few belated presents – in the form of several exciting events to keep us busy. First up to unwrap is our latest edition of HTN Now, which began on Monday and runs until 20 Jan, offering digital gift bags full to the brim […]
The Reveal: HTN Now Awards Finalists
Over the past few weeks the HTN team has worked with a fantastic team of judges, and we’re now delighted to share with you the finalists in the HTN Now Awards! Following 1,000 hours of judging and the HTN team working on a series of features – you can now […]
Royal College of Occupational Therapists publishes data and innovation strategy
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has published a data and innovation strategy to support occupational therapists with data management. As well as guidance and instruction, RCOT is providing its therapists with resources and links, and the opportunity to share their ‘data literacy learning and development needs’ through a […]
RNOH adopts digital patient pathway tech
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) has launched a new solution to digitise referral managmeent, consent and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. The Pathpoint solution, from Open Medical, was implemented initially in 2020 to digitise patient care pathways, and was first implemented to receive and process trauma referrals. The solution […]
Central and North West London NHS goes live with TPP’s clinician app
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) has introduced a new TPP app across some of its mental health wards. TPP’s clinician app Brigid, the mobile addition to SystmOne, is designed for staff to input key information from anywhere. Following a successful three-week pilot, the trust has now […]
NHS Digital publishes sustainability report and future direction
In December 2021, NHS Digital released its Sustainability Annual Report for the period 2020 – 2021, ahead of the publication of a five-year strategy exploring processes and frameworks and possible new ways of working. The publication highlights the impact of technologies such as MS Teams and communication tools as part […]
News in Brief: GDE impact, five trusts to introduce imaging system, Medway tenders for health check tech
It’s week two of 2022, and we’re here with our second news-in-brief instalment, covering some of the health tech news that has caught our attention over the past few days. If you have a news tips for us, or would like to chat and tell HTN about your work, we […]
Hologram patients to support CUH clinical training
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS FT and the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, have partnered with US tech company GigXR, to introduce hologram patients as part of mixed reality clinical training. The technology provides an immersive 3D learning application to help students assess, diagnose, and treat conditions through holographic simulations. […]
