Digital pharmacy company Phlo Technologies has announced the acquisition of the UK branch of US-based healthcare platform Truepill, following Phlo’s announcement last month of £10 million in Series A funding. Phlo has acquired Truepill’s partnerships with several of the UK’s digital health providers, including The Lowdown (contraceptive advice and support […]
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Private healthcare activity data sharing consultation opens
NHS England has launched a consultation to change the collection and sharing of private healthcare activity data. The proposal is for NHS England to collect and process private healthcare hospital admitted patient care data and information about NHS funded patients, using common data standards. It means NHS funded and independent […]
Health Tech Awards 2023 are back and bigger than ever!
The Health Tech Awards 2023 sponsored by CCube Solutions are back and bigger than ever! This year we’re joined by almost 200 judges from across the health tech community to analyse and assess the entries to select the winners! In February we announced our first group of judges, which was followed […]
“Defend as one” Strategy released to protect the NHS from cyber attacks
The Department of Health & Social Care has released a strategy entitled ‘A cyber resilient health and adult social care system in England: cyber security strategy by 2030’, outlining plans to better equip the NHS in cyber security over the next seven years. “In an increasingly digitised world, protecting [our] services from the disruptive […]
Private eye clinics implement electronic health record
OCL Vision, a specialist group of eye surgeons, has partnered with Streets Heaver to implement its electronic health record and patient administration system, across their private eye care facilities in Hertfordshire and London. It means the private eye clinics will manage all aspects of patient care through the platform, from appointment […]
Study explores user attitudes to virtual home assessment technologies
A study published in Taylor & Francis Online explores the cultural, organisational and technical barriers, and the facilitators, to the adoption of telehealth technologies in Occupational Therapy (OT) services. The study analysed the use of a video consultation prototype that enables audio/video home assessments through a computer browser. The patient receives […]
Trusts across Humber and North Yorkshire roll-out BadgerNet
Three NHS trusts across the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership are rolling out BadgerNet, a maternity electronic patient record system. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust are introducing the system to […]
South East London ICB appoints new chief digital information officer
South East London Integrated Care Board has announced the appointment of their new chief digital information officer, Philippa Kirkpatrick. Described as “passionate about reducing inequalities in access to healthcare, and in ensuring healthcare is culturally sensitive and accessible to all members of our diverse population”, Philippa’s vision is “for digital […]
“Innovation designed into patient care” Clatterbridge publishes innovation strategy
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS FT has published its first innovation strategy, to outline how innovation is set to be designed into patient care. The three-year plan highlights how the trust will generate new ideas, introduce solutions, improve ways of working, develop a culture of innovation, support adoption, and introduce […]
AWS announces 23 startups joining workforce accelerator programme
Amazon Web Services has announced 23 health tech start-ups to join is latest accelerator programme specifically focusing on workforce solutions. The technical, business, and mentorship programme aims to support suppliers in advancing their solutions and accelerating growth using the cloud. This latest programme covers solutions for workforce retention, workforce deployment […]
