It’s yet another busy week at HTN headquarters, as we prepare to announce the HTN Awards 2021 winners tonight, from 7pm. We’re already counting down the hours until you can join us live on the dedicated blog section of our site, or follow the action on Twitter through #HTNAwards. As […]
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Health Tech Trends Series 2021 part one: the experts answer our questions on digital transformation
It’s time for the next instalment of our Health Tech Trends Series, which is sponsored by InterSystems, as we ask readers to reflect on six digital transformation-related questions about their organisation. In the first instalment of this two-part series, you can read the curated responses to some of the questions […]
Edinburgh University submits full independent GDE report to NHSX
The University of Edinburgh has submitted its independent report on the Global Digital Exemplar Programme (GDE) to NHSX. NHSX recently published a summary of the document, which the university had completed earlier this summer, to share the findings on the outcomes from the project, to date. Entitled ‘The Full Report […]
ORCHA commissioned by Canada’s LifeWorks to build app library for absent employees
ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps – has announced a new partnership with Canada’s LifeWorks, which works with both digital and in-person wellbeing solutions. The company has commissioned ORCHA to create a health app library that will support its employees when they are absent […]
Video: A closer look into CFHealthHub, a platform to improve care for those living with Cystic Fibrosis
For HTN Now September 2021, we welcomed Dr Pauline Whelan from the Digital Health Software Team at the University of Manchester for a session focused on its CFHealthHub, a platform that aims to improve care for those living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Pauline started her presentation by providing a background […]
UCLH puts tech at the forefront of new outpatient transformation strategy for a ‘hospital without walls’
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has released its new ‘Outpatient Transformation Strategy’ for 2021-26. Covering the next five years, the document’s title is one of its goals – ‘a hospital without walls’ – with a focus on an ‘integrated future for outpatients’ that has tech and digital […]
Interview Series: Lorna Brightman discusses Survivor’s antibacterial iPad and phone case technology
Next up in our interview series, we speak to Lorna Brightman, Director of Sales EMEA at Vinci Brands, which includes Survivor’s latest antibacterial iPad and phone cases. Here, Lorna explains what the company’s smart technology accessories can offer to the healthcare sector and shares her leadership style and learnings. Hi […]
UK Gov releases guidance on making digital services in an emergency
The UK Government has published new guidance on making digital services in an emergency. Martin Jordan, Head of Service Design at the UK Cabinet Office, shared news of the release on Twitter, explaining that the document reflected the “collective learnings of digital service teams from the past 18 months” and […]
ORCHA and ICS partnership to give entire South West region access to a digital health library
ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps – has formed a new partnership with seven Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in the South West of the UK, to provide the region’s population with access to digital health libraries. Having previously created an app library for Our […]
SilverCloud publishes new whitepaper on the role of digital mental health in reshaping service delivery
Digital mental health provider, SilverCloud, has released a new whitepaper about the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of mental health services. Entitled, ‘Digital Mental Health in the Wake of a Global Pandemic: Reshaping Service Delivery’, the paper also takes a closer look at how increasing demand for mental health support has […]
