The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and tech giants IBM have announced a new £210 million digital innovation centre, which will focus on advancing AI and quantum computing capabilities. As part of a five-year programme, the new Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) will bring together expertise […]
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Interview Series: clinicians that code, Dr Marcus Baw and Dr Simon Chapman
HTN recently sat down over Teams to chat with Dr Marcus Baw, a GP and software developer, and Dr Simon Chapman, a paediatrician at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Marcus and Simon joined us previously for a live session at HTN […]
MOD selects InterSystems platforms for new medical information system
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has opted for InterSystems’ HealthShare and IRIS for Health platforms to ‘underpin’ its new Defence Medical Information System, called Programme CORTISONE. The platforms will be used to help the MOD to deliver an “integrated ecosystem of medical information services” and to “rapidly develop new […]
Babylon announces multi-billion dollar merger and plan to become public company
Babylon, the global health tech company, has announced a new $4.2 billion merger with special purpose acquisition company, Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. Once completed, the combined company will operate under the name of Babylon and trade under ‘BBLN’ at the New York-based Nasdaq Stock Market – seeing Babylon transition from […]
AI tool developed to streamline pathology workflow
A team of researchers, academics and pathologists from the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has developed an artificial intelligence tool to help streamline pathology workflows – which could speed up diagnoses of prostate cancer. The multidisciplinary team from Oxford has created an algorithm that […]
Health Tech Trends Series 2021: the most successful technologies adopted
Our Health Tech Trends Series 2021, which is supported by InterSystems, continues with a reflection on some of the technologies our readers think have been successful in their organisation. In April, we sent out a survey to you – our audience – asking readers to respond to a series of […]
BLG Data Research Centre launches new funding round for data analytics projects
The ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre is set to launch a new funding round for data analytics research projects. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), and based at the University of Essex, the centre is encouraging applications from healthcare organisations and companies for grant-funded […]
Interview Series: Richard Stubbs, CEO at Yorkshire and Humber AHSN
In the latest of our interview series, which sees us chat to influential figures from the UK health tech and innovation sphere, we caught up with Richard Stubbs, Chief Executive Officer at the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN). Also, as a Vice Chair of the wider AHSN […]
“Come see us on the frontline” – NHSX Director asks followers for feedback on health tech priorities
A call for comments on Twitter this week to find out what health tech professionals want or need the most from management and leaders, in terms of support, services and provisions, received a very interesting response, so HTN decided to take a closer look. An NHSX Director asked his followers, […]
Industry View: the biggest challenges facing health tech and how to tackle them
In this HTN Industry View, sponsored by Highland Marketing, the series returns to explore the biggest challenges facing health tech professionals in 2021. We asked the industry to tell us about the hurdles both they and their organisations are facing, as well as what they expect the sector as a […]
