Following 1,000 hours of judging and journalism, HTN is delighted to reveal the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2021! The HTN Awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through the year. In the spirit of doing so, […]
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Good Things Foundation publishes paper on digital exclusion and health inequalities
The Good Things Foundation has published a new paper on digital exclusion and its impact on people’s health, social life and economic potential. To support the Health Foundation’s COVID-19 impact inquiry, the Good Things Foundation, the Health Foundation and the King’s Fund came together earlier this year, to focus on […]
News in brief: Northamptonshire staff bank, Leicester EPMA, new app for Royal Orthopaedic, funding for Chelsea and West
Our first news in brief round-up in September is here. Ahead of a busy month at HTN, we’ll reveal the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2021, host the latest edition in the HTN Now event series, publish our print edition, and as usual release lots of interviews, features, an […]
HTN Now September, what’s coming up
This month we bring you the next edition in the HTN Health Tech for the Now series, when we welcome a fantastic group of people joining us to share their learnings and advice as we delve into their digital programmes. HTN Now is free for anyone in the public sector, […]
GP machine learning tech raises £2.1million
Abtrace, a health-tech start-up, has raised £2.1 million of seed funding to support its machine learning technology and transform how chronic and long-term health conditions are detected, monitored and treated. The AI tool integrates with GP practice systems to help identify which tests or treatments a patient with a long-term […]
Good Health Pass Interoperability Blueprint released
The Good Health Pass Collaborative, a group of organisations with an aim to help restore international travel with privacy-protecting digital health passes, has published its Interoperability Blueprint, proposing a “privacy-preserving alternative to vaccination certificates.” Developed over the past six months with contributions including 125 global organisations, a set of principles and standards […]
Market engagement starts for GP online triage tech across Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of Scottish Government, has opened a market information gathering exercise for the provision of GP Online Triage Solutions or General Practice Digital Asynchronous Consultation Systems for up to 925 GP practices. General Practice Digital Asynchronous Consultation Systems (DACS) is a term used in the […]
Breast cancer risk predictor integrated with Isla’s visual care record
More women could be set to benefit from a breast cancer risk predictor, after the health tech company Islacare integrated the CanRisk programme into its visual care record. CanRisk, a web-based programme developed by the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and funded by Cancer Research […]
South East London CCG procures clinical decision support tool
South East London CCG has awarded a £500,000 contract to Ardens Health Informatics, to implement its clinical decision support tool. The system in being introduced to support clinical teams with “immediate and easy access to relevant diagnostic, treatment and referral resources” and will integrate with the EMIS Web clinical system […]
Acquisition of Servelec announced
The Access Group, a provider of business management software and solutions, has announced the acquisition of Servelec. The move forms part of its vision to fully join up services across health and local government, to offer integrated services, combining the tools from Access that includes care management, auditing, people planning, care planning and compliance, […]
