A new study by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has found that the roll-out of Microsoft Teams to around 1.3 million NHS users saved over 2.9 million hours of NHS time, according to NHS Digital. The programme’s ability to facilitate video conferencing and virtual meetings, alongside other communications for NHS […]
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Agenda revealed for HTN Now 8-9 November
The HTN health tech tour is almost coming to a close for the year, but we have two days filled with health tech innovators and leaders still to come, as well as our new series of focused one-day events. Join the team, across 8 – 9 November, for nine live […]
New HEE pilot to provide NHS leaders with digital learning and development
Health Education England (HEE) is promoting a new pilot scheme that hopes to equip NHS leaders with greater digital skills, awareness and understanding. The Health Innovation Placement (HIP) Pilot, provided through HEE’s Digital Readiness Programme, is intended to increase know-how across the NHS workforce and to offer health leaders opportunities […]
NHS England and NHS Digital create new cancer quality of life dashboard
A new data dashboard, which illustrates quality of life levels for cancer patients in England, has been launched by the NHS. Teams from NHS England and NHS Improvement, and NHS Digital, worked on the project, which uses data from national surveys. People with cancer are being asked to complete the […]
Kent and Medway ICS goes live with new shared care record
Kent and Medway Integrated Care System (ICS) has gone live with its shared care record – the CareCentric system from Graphnet. The Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR) was commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway CCG, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, Kent County Council and Medway Council. It will […]
Video: Coventry and Warwickshire HCP share integrated care record experience
We complete our look back at the HTN Now September 2021 content with a review of a live webcast focusing on integrated care records (ICRs). For this session we were joined by Danny Roberts, Programme Director, and Jayne Rooke, Programme Manager, to talk about the Coventry and Warwickshire Health and […]
Video: Ideal Health on navigating ICS organisational maturity at HTN Now
Jonah Aburrow-Jones, Director of Consulting, Strategy and Digital Maturity of Ideal Health, joined us live for the second session of our HTN Now Focus event on the topic of Digital Integrated Care Systems. Using the slot to look at what can be done practically to help health tech professionals to […]
NHSX announces 35 projects as part of its new Adoption Fund
NHSX has announced the winners of its new ‘Adoption Fund’ to support 35 projects with a share of £6.5 million in funding. The funding programme was launched to support initiatives covering gastroenterology pathways, musculoskeletal pathways, perioperative pathways, digital inclusion, and cardiology and cardiac surgery. Following 138 applications to the programme, a review panel […]
Leading charities push for national defibrillator database
A group of leading charities and health organisations have launched a new project with an aim to create a new national database of defibrillators. The programme, called ‘The Circuit’, is encouraging people who look after defibrillators in places such as offices, communities, shopping centres, leisure centres, and in public places, […]
4 AI projects to tackle health inequalities supported by £1.4m funding
The NHS AI Lab at NHSX and the Health Foundation have announced four projects to receive a share of £1.4 million in funding. Placing a focus on tackling health inequalities using artificial intelligence (AI), the winners include AI to investigate disparities in maternal health outcomes, and developing standards and guidance […]
