The next edition of the HTN Now health tech tour series kicks-off next week. Across four days we welcome innovators, digital leaders and teams, chief executive officers and the health tech community. Each session focuses on a unique topic across the industry and, hopefully, there’s a session that fits with […]
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Industry Opinion: health tech experts have their say on NHSX’s ‘What Good Looks Like’
At the end of August, NHSX published its long-awaited ‘What Good Looks Like‘ framework, to provide guidance and support for NHS trusts on their digital transformation journeys. After covering the release of the new guidelines, focusing on the ‘seven measures of success‘ and the new Unified Tech Fund and prospectus […]
National pilot explores Microsoft HoloLens 2
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, and a small group of trusts, have worked with NHS Digital as part of a national pilot to test Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Dynamics 365 Remote Assist. The technology, a mixed reality headset, uses multiple sensors, advanced optics, and holographic processing to provide healthcare […]
Health Tech Awards Finalists 2021: The Reveal
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, […]
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 […]
