Medway NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Allscripts Sunrise as its EPR (electronic patient record), after announcing that it aims to go-live on the first part of the project later in 2021. The Trust is reportedly the third in Kent to choose Allscripts and plans to go-live with the first phase […]
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Remote patient monitoring connects care homes with family doctors in NE London
A remote patient monitoring service is set to be implemented in care homes across north east London, to connect facilities with family doctors. The remote service – called the Inhealthcare Professional app – will support clinicians in identifying patients that may need interventions, while also keeping residents safely at home […]
Vine Health awarded £1million funding
Vine Health, the company behind a mobile app to support cancer patients, has been awarded a million-pound grant from Innovate UK to help deliver their cancer treatment companion app to four NHS Trusts. The NHS Trusts will take part in four randomised controlled trials with the hope to generate robust evidence that the app will support cancer […]
University of Edinburgh selects six health tech startups for new AI Accelerator Programme
The University of Edinburgh has announced the 15 startups that have been selected for its new AI Accelerator programme – with six of those innovative companies from the health tech sector. The programme, designed in partnership with Scale Space – a scaling up community and network for innovative businesses – […]
NHS Digital announces improvements to e-Referral Service
NHS Digital has made improvements to the advice function on its NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), following feedback from clinicians. These changes focus on providing primary care clinicians with ‘an effective tool’ to talk to staff in secondary care settings before making a referral, thereby improving the referral system for patients […]
Plans proposed to bring together NHSX and NHSE outpatient transformation programmes
In a move to drive outpatient transformation, a proposal is in process for the digital teams from NHSX and clinical transformation teams at NHS England to work closer together. The new proposal aims to bring the Improvement directorate within NHSE leading on outpatient transformation programmes, together with digital teams from […]
Sheffield Hallam researching intelligent social robots for patient wellbeing and independence
A Sheffield Hallam University academic is researching intelligent social robots, which it’s hoped can have a range of positive impacts on patient health and wellbeing in the future. HTN recently attended the HETT Show 2021, where Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor of Machine Intelligence at the South Yorkshire university, gave a […]
Whizz-Kidz charity and Somo launch new accessible website
The UK charity Whizz-Kidz, which supports young wheelchair users, has partnered with digital product agency Somo to launch a new accessible website. Hoping to achieve a ‘best-in-class digital experience’, the charity’s expanded online offering will include more content, such as 30 new videos and 30 audio interviews with wheelchair users. […]
UCL report suggests online search activity can help predict COVID peaks
Online search data can help predict COVID-19 peaks and inform public health responses, according to experts from University College London (UCL). The report from UCL says web search activity data may help form predictions of peaks and surges in COVID-19 cases as far as 17 days in advance, on average. […]
HDRUK explores how data is supporting innovation
A recent webinar by Health Data Research UK (HDRUK) explored the importance of engaging with data research hubs, and the benefits of accessing such valuable information. Speakers from Discover-NOW, DATA-CAN and INSIGHT shared the ways in which they are using accumulated data, and what they hope to achieve with it. […]
