The NHSX Digitising Social Care Records Programme has launched its Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support adult social care providers in England buy from an assured list of digital social care record solutions. Two suppliers, Nourish and Aspirico, have been assured and appointed to the purchasing framework, with more suppliers […]
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Sessions revealed for HTN Now June 2021 and 2,000 free NHS tickets made available
With only 21 days until the next HTN Now event in the series, here we highlight some of the sessions we’re hosting through 14-17 June. Last week we made available 2,000 free passes for any NHS employed professional wishing to attend one event or more. To claim your ticket, please […]
Google previews AI dermatology assistant tool
Google has released a preview of an artificial intelligence tool it has developed to help identify dermatologic issues. The app is said to help spot skin, hair and nail conditions using the camera on your phone. Following uploading three images, the tool asks the user a series of questions, such as […]
NHS England recommends GP online consultation forms to be available at any time
NHS England (20 May 2021) has released an update to its ‘guidance and standard operating procedures’ publication to recommend that all practices ‘must offer patients online routes to make requests and ask for support through online consultation systems’, at any time. The guidance notes that practices should not limit access […]
Google tackles tuberculosis screening with AI tool
A research paper has been published this week focusing on the use of AI and machine learning to support early detection of pulmonary tuberculosis via chest radiography, following an international study across 10 countries. The deep learning system (DLS) was trained to detect active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), with the study […]
University of Surrey and Vinehealth awarded £1m grant
Vinehealth and University of Surrey have been awarded a £1 million grant to trial a support app for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The grant, from Innovate UK, is to to fund a randomised controlled trial of the cancer companion app, which aims to support patient self-management. Its mobile app supports cancer patients […]
Greater Manchester opens tender for ‘GM One Network’
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), and partner authorities across Greater Manchester, have issued a tender to find a supplier for its ‘GM One Network’, a single active network infrastructure across the region’s public sector sites. GMCA contracted UBDS to undertake a discovery and develop an outline business case for the GM One […]
Huma raises £91 million to scale internationally
Huma, a digital platform that supports a ‘hospital at home’ model, has raised $130 million (£91m) from investors. The company said the investment will be used to scale the platform, and to support pharmaceutical and research industries to run decentralised clinical trials. In 2020, the company was supported by NHSX to […]
NHS COVID-19 app peer-reviewed, helps avert 248,000 infections
The NHS contact-tracing app has now been peer-reviewed by academics and it’s been highlighted that the technology made a significant impact on lowering the spread of COVID-19. Published online on 12 May 2021 in Nature, the academics calculated that the app helped avert 248,000 infections and potentially saved over 8,700 […]
News in brief: Bolton NHS updates on COVID care at home, funding for caretech firm and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust turns to Cylera
It’s that time again to focus on our news round-up from the world of health tech. The past few days have seen plenty of stories related to Mental Health Awareness Week, as well as innovations in maternity, plus plans to combat NHS waiting lists. Meanwhile, at HTN HQ, we’ve launched […]
