Over the past nine or so months, staff from King’s College Hospital (KCH) NHS Foundation Trust have been working with industry partners to redesign patient journeys, deliver more personalised care experiences and improve access to services. In this live HTN Now webcast, the team explained their journey towards implementing scalable […]
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HTN Now Interview: Karl Redmond, NHSE/I Strategic Estates Lead
As part of HTN Now June 2021, we spoke to Karl Redmond, NHSE/I Strategic Estates Lead & Secondment at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust (Digital Smart Buildings & Sustainability), who has 12 years’ experience in real-estate funding and 10 years in academia and architectural practices, as well as international experience in […]
News in brief: AI helps Aberdeen develop antibody test, Leeds looks at heart imaging for babies
Here at HTN headquarters we’re in the midst of our latest HTN Now event, showcasing innovation and discussion through a series of live webcasts. But that won’t stop us delivering the news. Already this week, we’ve seen University Hospital Southampton go live with a new maternity app, and there’s also […]
Interview Series: David Hancock of InterSystems on shared care records
As the early autumn deadline day approaches for shared care record implementation, more and more contracts and updates are being announced across the sector. But what else can we expect across the next few months and beyond? HTN recently spoke with David Hancock, Healthcare Executive Advisor at InterSystems, to discuss […]
Video: Experiences from digital nurses – Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
On the second day of HTN Now, we were joined by two digital nurses, Helen McGuire and Ainhoa Arjona, from Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. The session went into detail about their roles as digital nurses, real-world experiences, efforts to improve diversity and work to improve digital services […]
Video: How to lead a successful digital implementation
As the curtain came up on HTN Now June 2021, we were joined for our first live webcast by the digital healthcare company Ideal Health, to discuss how to lead a successful digital health implementation. Offering a ‘how to’ for health and care organisations, Jonah Aburrow-Jones, Director of Ideal Health, […]
Interview Series: Tremaine Richard-Noel, Head of Emerging Technology at Northampton General Hospital
HTN chatted with Tremaine Richard-Noel, Head of Emerging Technology at Northampton General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NGH), ahead of his upcoming appearance at HTN Now June 2021. Before his live webinar session on Thursday 17 June at 3pm, where he’ll discuss robotic process automation (RPA) and its application within the NHS, we […]
Interview Series: “It’s all about people, process and technology” – Tony Bowden, Chief Exec at Helicon Health
HTN got in touch with Tony Bowden, the Chief Executive of Helicon Health, to follow up on the health tech and medical research company’s entry in our first Digital Playbook. A spin-out from University College London (UCL), originally founded on work done in the fields of health informatics and multi-professional education, […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ plans to continue using virtual visiting app for intensive care patients
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has been using its virtual visiting platform project, Life Lines, to improve communication for patients in intensive care. Originally created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic – as friends and family were not freely allowed to visit hospital patients in person – […]
Robotic cancer sensors, helmet brain scanners – 20 new health tech projects announced
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced funding for 20 new health technology projects – ranging from robotic bowel cancer sensors and smart shoe insoles, through to helmets that perform brain scans, robots that support independent living, dissolving ‘needles’ and chips for monitoring the immune system remotely. The 20 projects are […]