There couldn’t be a HTN Now Awards 2021 without a category for ‘Rapid Response to COVID-19’, to recognise all of the amazing work that has been done in this area across the last 12 months. Of course, many of our other sections automatically overlap with this one, due to the […]
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HTN Now Awards 2021 feature: tech solutions to support healthcare teams
As we count down to the latest edition of our HTN Now Awards, we continue to explore all of the exciting topics and entrants featured this year. Next up, it’s the turn of the best tech solutions supporting healthcare teams across the country. In this feature we’ll put the spotlight […]
HTN Now Awards 2021 feature: delivering virtual consultation software
The next feature, as part of our week-long series to celebrate entrants to the HTN Awards 2021, focuses on exceptional examples of delivering virtual consultation software. We know that being able to provide virtual consultation services for patients has been crucial since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It allows […]
HTN Now Awards 2021 feature: best solutions for supporting patients
As the HTN Now Awards 2021 approach, we continue to build up to the big day on Friday 22 January, by looking in-depth at our awards categories and topics. In this feature, it’s time to take a look at some of the best solutions for supporting patients in healthcare this […]
HTN Now Awards 2021 feature: remote monitoring excellence across the UK
It’s January, which means it’s time for the HTN Now Awards 2021. Our latest instalment of the digital awards day, which recognises and celebrates innovations, teams and tech that have inspired us throughout the year, takes place from 11am on 22 January. First up, we’ll be looking at the topic […]
NICE completes first digital health technologies assessment as part of pilot project
NICE has completed its first assessment using its digital health technologies guidance development standards. The standards are part of a process for new technologies to evaluate if they are clinically effective and offer economic value. The aim of the standards is to make it easier for innovators and commissioners to […]
Health Tech Priorities 2021: from VR to robots and ‘purging paper’
We’re one week into the New Year, so now seems like the perfect time to catch up and find out what everyone’s health tech priorities are for 2021. We’ve already taken an in-depth look back at 2020. And had the professionals make their health tech predictions for 2021, too. But […]
UK Gov updates good practice guide for digital health tech
The Department of Health and Social Care has updated its guidance on ‘good practice for digital and data-driven technologies’, with ‘strengthened and expanded’ practical advice. As of 6 January 2021, the government has published its latest code of conduct to support ‘innovators’ in the digital healthcare technology sector. The advice […]
How 2 Doctors are developing an app to facilitate GP home visits in Pakistan
The adoption of technology in healthcare is evolving the way institutions are delivering services and improving the management of patient care and treatment. Clinicians and those actively working in health, are helping to identify problems that digital innovation would solve and working with companies such as Nova to co-found their […]
Successful first trial for dizziness monitoring device
Researchers from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and University of East Anglia (UEA) have published the results of the biggest collection of continuous eye movement data after testing the effectiveness of a wearable diagnostic headset. The Continuous Ambulatory Vestibular Assessment (CAVA) device aims to speed up the diagnosis […]
