Following 1,000 hours of judging and journalism, HTN is delighted to reveal the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2021! The HTN Awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through the year. In the spirit of doing so, […]
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NHSX publishes Information Governance Framework for Shared Care Records
NHSX has released an Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care on Shared Care Records (ShCR). Shared Care Records, the new programme name previously known as Local Health and Care Records, sets an aim to help local organisations move to a position where an individual’s record is shared across the […]
Good Things Foundation publishes paper on digital exclusion and health inequalities
The Good Things Foundation has published a new paper on digital exclusion and its impact on people’s health, social life and economic potential. To support the Health Foundation’s COVID-19 impact inquiry, the Good Things Foundation, the Health Foundation and the King’s Fund came together earlier this year, to focus on […]
HTN Now September, what’s coming up
This month we bring you the next edition in the HTN Health Tech for the Now series, when we welcome a fantastic group of people joining us to share their learnings and advice as we delve into their digital programmes. HTN Now is free for anyone in the public sector, […]
Feature: Mark Howie of LIMA talks digital transformation and EPR rollout at Gloucestershire NHS FT
On 14 September 2021, between 11:30am – 12:30pm, LIMA, an IT managed service provider, co-hosted a lunchtime webinar with health tech professionals from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to explain how they supported the organisation’s transformation programme and electronic patient record (EPR) roll-out, using VMware’s Cloud Foundation software. To view the video of […]
Breast cancer risk predictor integrated with Isla’s visual care record
More women could be set to benefit from a breast cancer risk predictor, after the health tech company Islacare integrated the CanRisk programme into its visual care record. CanRisk, a web-based programme developed by the Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and funded by Cancer Research […]
What Good Looks Like: NHSX’s seven measures of success
Earlier this week, NHSX published its much-anticipated ‘What Good Looks Like’ framework for NHS leaders, to support organisations with ‘best practice’ guidance on digital transformation. HTN covered the release of the guidance, as well as the simultaneous publication of the ‘Who Pays for What’ strategy and the new Unified Tech […]
NHS England pilots AI lung cancer screening programme
NHS England has been conducting pilot lung cancer checks supported by artificial intelligence technology. According to Cancer Research UK, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK, but there are hopes around the impact of early detection, with one study finding that CT scan chest […]
Acquisition of Servelec announced
The Access Group, a provider of business management software and solutions, has announced the acquisition of Servelec. The move forms part of its vision to fully join up services across health and local government, to offer integrated services, combining the tools from Access that includes care management, auditing, people planning, care planning and compliance, […]
Unified Tech Fund and prospectus launched by NHSX
NHSX has released a new Unified Tech Fund and a ‘prospectus’ on the topic, which will act as a guide to help simplify funding for NHS digital transformation projects. The fund itself is expected to bring together “multiple existing pots of national tech funding into a single application”, while the […]
