Surgeons at Northwick Park, part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, have used HoloLens 2 glasses to operate on a cancer patient for the first time with the aid of augmented reality. HoloLens 2 technology, developed by Microsoft and powered by Medical iSight software, allowed the team led […]
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Innovate UK to open £30 million net zero and healthcare fund
Innovate UK is to open a new funding programme to support small and micro businesses with up to £50,000, as part of a £30 million funding programme. The programme hopes to attract innovative ideas that have a clear route to commercialisation, with a focus on supporting the UK’s net zero targets […]
Online blood appointment booking system launched at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals
A new online booking system has been launched at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) to allow patients using the trust’s blood test services to book themselves into their chosen clinic. The Dedalus Swiftqueue self-service appointment booking system has been introduced, procured using tech funding received […]
LIVE: HTN Now Electronic Patient Records, Strategy, Transformation and Change
Join HTN and colleagues live today for our two-day online event focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change! You can follow our live blog below, or join us on the webinars here.
Healthcare opinions: what does inclusive leadership mean?
This week we spotted Samantha Allen, Chief Executive (Designate) for North East and North East Cumbria NHS Integrated Care Board, asking the healthcare community what inclusive leadership means to them, we decided to have a look through some of the answers to explore what leadership really means to people in healthcare. […]
The Health Tech Awards 2022 deadline is next week…
The deadline to enter the Health Tech Awards 2022 is upon us! You have until midnight 23 June 2022 to enter the awards programme – you can enter your team here. The awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through […]
Join us for HTN Now; Electronic Patient Records, Strategy, Transformation and Change
Join HTN and colleagues for the latest edition of HTN Now, focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change, taking place 20 – 21 June. Our two-day online event is nearly upon us, where we bring together health and care teams and suppliers to share innovations, projects, learnings, approaches, and […]
Department of Health and Social Care publishes new data strategy
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a new strategy entitled “Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data”. It sets out the department’s vision for how data will be used to improve care for the population in a safe, trusted and transparent way, providing an […]
Birmingham Community release videos to support children’s speech therapy
The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust service for children’s speech and language therapy (SALT) has released a set of videos to assist clinicians, parents and carers in supporting children’s communication development. The trust say that the provision of video and telephone consultations are part of SALT services “as we […]
Survey: Electronic patient record systems across health and care
For our latest survey as part of the HTN Health Tech Trend Series, we focus on electronic patient record systems and programmes. We would love to hear your organisation’s progress to date, the system you use and how you use it, any detail around your EPR programme that worked well or […]
