Liva Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform offering “human-led therapeutic intervention programmes” for lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, has announced its acquisition of Momenta, a provider of healthy lifestyle solutions, as part of its international growth strategy. The purchase, made for an undisclosed sum, is hoped to “significantly” […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
International news in brief: New York funding programme, Solomon Islands digital strategy 2025-2029, Malaysian hospital patient portal to integrate wearable data, AI in medicines procurement in Vietnam
Here, we take a look at news from the international health tech arena that’s caught our eye over the last few weeks. WHO-supported workshop presents Solomon Islands digital health strategy 2025-2029, focuses on workforce education and training, data and integration The Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), […]
11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance awarded share of £1 million
SBRI Healthcare has awarded £1 million to 11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance, as part of its “Competition 25: AMR” phase 1 development funding competition. As part of the competition, projects will run for “up to six months” with the aim of demonstrating technical and commercial feasibility for innovative ideas including […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS FT board highlight EPR procurement and ongoing work around data quality, as trust announces exit from special measures
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust board meeting on 6 February highlighted plans around the procurement of an EPR to replace the trust’s current system, and ongoing work around data quality. This week the trust also announced it’s no longer in NHS oversight framework segment 4 (formerly known as special […]
UK government announces £82.6 million in funding for projects harnessing AI to diagnose and treat cancer
The UK government has announced £82.6 million in research funding for three projects, two of which are using emerging technologies such as AI to tackle cancer. The government has also made a commitment to provide researchers with access to “cutting-edge computing resources” to help harness “the power of AI”. PharosAI, […]
Proposals announced for NICE’s health tech evaluations
NICE has announced proposals to “shake-up” its health tech programme, to change how medical devices, diagnostics and digital and AI health technologies are evaluated. Said to enable more products to be evaluated, the proposals suggest a process that involves “multi-tech assessments of products”, with an aim to support purchasing decision […]
Surrey Heartlands ICB opens early engagement for digital patient engagement and inbound communication workflows
Surrey Heartlands integrated care board has opened an early engagement for potential providers to gauge the level of interest and explore the market for patient portal engagement and inbound communication workflows. According to the notice, the exercise will include the “development of testbeds and/or pilots for some products and functionalities”, […]
NHS England board on productivity, genomics, ICB delegated vaccination and screening services
The NHS England board meeting in February shared updates and outlooks on operational performance and productivity, the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, children and young people’s health, and vaccination and screening services. On digital, the update noted the continued focus for digital to drive productivity, including improving processes, optimising system capacity, […]
News in brief: University Hospitals Dorset collaborates on portable diagnostic device for skin cancer, robotics for “smart biopsies” at The Royal Marsden NHS FT
Here for HTN’s latest news in brief, we take a look at some of the latest news around digital and data from across the health service. University Hospitals Dorset collaborates on portable diagnostic device for skin cancer A collaboration between University Hospitals Dorset and Bournemouth University is aiming to identify […]
DHSC appoints Tom Kibasi to support drafting of 10 Year Health Plan
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced its direct ministerial appointment of Tom Kibasi, joint chair of three mental health and community NHS trusts, to provide “expert advice and support” on the reform agenda, including the upcoming 10 Year Health Plan. Kibasi acted as senior policy advisor to […]
