In a recent LinkedIn poll, we asked our readers what they thought should be the biggest priority for digital primary care, with options including funding to support innovation, interoperability, patient-facing digital tools, and back office efficiencies. Attracting a total of 89 votes, the most popular choice was interoperability, with 42 […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
North West London Acute Provider Collaborative shares strategy to 2027, highlighting data sharing and digital tech in enhancing patient care
The North West London Acute Provider Collaborative, made up of trusts including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare, London North West University, and The Hillingdon Hospitals, has published a strategy covering 2024-2027, outlining shared priorities and plans to “address complex, system-wide issues more effectively in the years ahead”. The […]
Oxford HIN collaborates with Otsuka on digital therapeutic app for depression
Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley (Oxford HIN) is to collaborate with Otsuka to evaluate the real-world implementation of a therapeutic smartphone app designed to treat major depressive disorder (MDD), with gathered insights to inform the expansion of access to the app across the UK and NHS. A regulated medical […]
Applications open for DigitalHealth.London’s Launchpad Programme
DigitalHealth.London has announced that applications are open for the latest cohort of its Launchpad Programme, designed to offer support to early-stage innovators looking to launch digital health products and services. The programme is seeking applications for innovations with “high potential to meet current NHS and social care challenges”, with successful […]
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trials smart tech to reverse risks of diabetes-related nerve damage
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a trial utilising smart technologies with the aim of reversing the risk of nerve damage in people living with type 2 diabetes. The OCEANIC trial will use technologies including wearable sensors, smart weighing scales and activity trackers, to monitor and share patient […]
Amazon Web Services invests £8m to fund cloud infrastructure and storage for UK Biobank
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to provide around £8 million for cloud computing storage for UK Biobank, to help ensure that the database “has the cloud infrastructure it needs to securely store and handle” its health data. Described as “a database of in-depth genetic, health and lifestyle information from half […]
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board launches PROMS collection platform
A new digital health assessment platform is to be launched at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Wales over the summer, with the aim of re-shaping how the board collects and utilises patient-reported data. The new Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) collection platform will initially focus on data collected […]
Government invests £100m in five quantum research hubs to support technology advancements
Five new quantum research hubs are to be launched in the UK with an investment of £100 million from the UK government, tasked with developing quantum technology for industries including healthcare. As well as delivering benefits for economic growth, it is hoped that the hubs will help to build a “more […]
Telehealth provider chosen for digital prehab trial in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset
University Hospitals Plymouth has signed a contract with Kent-based SME, QuestPrehab, for year-long trial of digital prehabilitation (prehab) services for patients on the liver transplant list across Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset. Patients participating in the trial will have the ability to access an individualised programme spanning physical activity support, anxiety […]
Panel discussion: self-management and the future model of community care
For a recent HTN Now virtual discussion, we were joined by panellists including self-management specialist Steph Lowen; Dee McMullan, senior district nurse at Leicestershire Partnership, and Charlotte Furness, partnerships lead at Isla Health, to talk about the implementation of supported self-care. Beginning with some introductions, Steph shared that she has […]
