On the second day of HTN Now April we were joined by Stephen Bromhall, CIO, and Mike Carey, ePCR Programme Manager, from East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The duo presented a live session to discuss their ECPR programme, following a recent roll-out. Introducing the trust and the area […]
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New implant device helps improve stroke-related arm impairment
A stroke rehabilitation system has been shown to help improve arm impairment and functions in patients recovering from strokes, the results of a randomised trial suggest. Developed by MicroTransponder Inc, the technology’s impact was studied on people who had long-term arm weakness following an ischaemic stroke. Researchers at the University […]
Health Data Research UK releases report on progress to date
Health Data Research UK has published a new report to outline its story so far and progress to date. The report, ‘Improving Health Data: Impacts from Health Data Research Hubs’, details their journey since launching in October of 2019, when seven centres of excellence in data, tools, scientific knowledge and innovation, formed. The ‘hubs’ include: BREATHE – […]
New AI-driven diagnostics technique developed for bowel cancer
The University of Leeds and Roche Diagnostics have collaborated to develop a new AI algorithm that could help clinicians decide on the most optimal treatments for patients with bowel cancer. According to the University, the test uses AI to measure proteins in some patients with more advanced bowel cancer, something […]
Chelsea and Westminster NHS charity celebrates tech roll-out and funding final
The official charity of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, CW+, has celebrated two successes this week – a innovation funding final and the roll-out of new thermal screening technology. One of the trust’s cardiologists secured funding for a digital innovation project, following a Rapid Adoption Innovation Call […]
Video: Connected Nottinghamshire discuss public facing digital services
On the third day of HTN Now April 2021, we were joined by the team from Connected Nottinghamshire to discuss their Public-Facing Digital Services programme. We welcomed Jayne Birch-Jones, Change Management Lead, Jane Scarborough, Project and Change Manager and Rosie Atkin, Project Implementation Manager from Connected Nottinghamshire. Introducing the scale […]
New NHS hospital prescriptions data available for COVID-19 researchers
NHSX and NHS Digital have announced that a new data resource for secondary care prescriptions is now available to COVID-19 researchers. The data collection focuses on medicines that are prescribed and administered in hospitals – providing daily information harvested from electronic prescription and administration systems at secondary care NHS trusts […]
UK charity tech: Whizz-Kidz and Somo talk digital change
Much has been said about how the healthcare industry has embraced tech tools like never before. But the Third Sector has also been flexing its to meet audiences’ ever-changing needs during the pandemic, too. To find out more, HTN got in touch with Whizz-Kidz to talk about how the UK […]
Data from cancer centres connected to provide full population coverage for Scottish NHS
The Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS) has successfully connected Systematic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) data from all of Scotland’s five cancer centres – providing the Scottish NHS with national coverage. According to the University of Edinburgh, following the connection of the final two ChemoCare databases, the SACT data view […]
Alcidion acquires patient flow software company
Smart health tech company Alcidion has acquired a UK patient flow software company called ExtraMed. ExtraMed provides patient flow software to NHS trusts and Alcidion’s capture is set to lead to an ‘enhanced offering’ for hospitals and primary and social care organisations. It’s reported that it will be ‘business as […]
