West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its new secure mobile digital messaging platform, Alertive, described as a secure digital platform “designed to empower healthcare staff, enabling them to seamlessly transfer critical information to the right person at the right time, every time”. Key features of the application […]
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“Building a very low-friction data flow is key” – panel discussion on delivering remote care at scale
For our latest panel discussion on projects involving remote models of care, we were joined by Bruno Botelho, deputy chief operating officer and director of digital operations at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Becky Taylor, director for transformation and quality improvement at University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group; […]
Patient education tools support Virtual Royal Infirmary Programme at Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Bradford Teaching Hospitals has shared updates from its Virtual Royal Infirmary (VRI) Programme, which focuses on delivering digital patient education tools across a range of specialties including paediatric surgery and fracture care. The tools include a paediatric surgery microsite, home to digital resources for parents and children and designed through collaboration […]
HTN Now: NHSE Blueprinting Team and Derbyshire Community Health Services on electronic job planning and rostering
At HTN Now, we welcomed the NHS England Blueprinting Team and Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, to talk about optimising their electronic roster and implementing electronic job planning. We were joined by Paul Charnley, digital lead at Healthy Wirral partners and chair of the Digital Blueprinting Programme; Greg […]
Interview: “It’s up to ICBs to prioritise community services and make the digital funding that they need available” David Williams, NHS Providers
In our latest interview, we spoke with David Williams, head of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, the membership organisation for NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. To begin, we asked David to share a little bit about his background, […]
HTN Now: the opportunities and challenges for national digital health strategies in small island states
At HTN Now we were joined by a team of researchers to discuss their work exploring the opportunities and challenges for national digital health strategies in small island states, looking specifically at Bermuda. We welcomed Dr Kathrin Cresswell and Jay Evans from University of Edinburgh; Dr Rosemary Foster from the […]
Integration and awareness key success factors of a web-based application in Sweden, researchers find
We’ve been taking a look at international health tech research over the past weeks at HTN; in August, we explored electronic health records across Africa, before moving on to look at digital education and training in China and Austria. In this edition, we’re taking a look at EHR experiences in […]
$60 million in Series B funding raised by Danish AI company Corti
Danish AI company Corti has announced that it has raised $60 million in Series B funding to support “continued growth in healthcare through advanced AI that understands patient needs and optimises clinician workflows”, with the funding also aiming to help the organisation expand its AI capabilities in public safety. Having […]
“Digital mental health will be most successful when there’s good interplay between practitioners and academics” – Dr Martin Dechant on research in digital in mental health
As part of our focus on digital mental health, we spoke with University College London lecturer Dr Martin Dechant about his research around the use of digital interventions in mental health. We first asked Martin to tell us a little bit about himself, and how he came to be lecturing […]
South West London ICB board highlights progress and plans on updating the ICB’s digital offer and improving digital pathways
South West London ICB’s most recent board meeting was conducted virtually this month, as a result of industrial action. Amongst other areas, board members discussed the need to transform access to services, including a digital offer and improved digital pathways across the ICB. One of the first topics on the […]




