Digital Health and Care Wales has announced two new developments, cross-border sharing with trusts in England and an update on digital genetic test results. The Welsh Admin Portal (WAP) can now, for the first time, link up with hospitals across the border in England. The system that is used to […]
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News in brief: AI app calculates pre-eclampsia risk, new Welsh ambulance app, health research supercomputer
There’s never a dull moment in the world of health tech, with last week seeing stories surface of new suppliers joining the NHSX Digitising Social Care Records Programme, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s new digital strategy developing, and the NHS ORB app being ready for […]
Ideagen makes acquisitions
Ideagen, a provider of quality management systems in health and care, and other industries, has announced two acquisitions to add to its product offering. The specialist compliance software provider has completed the acquisition of Advanced Digital Systems Inc, trading as Mi-Co, for a cash consideration of £3.1m on completion. Advanced […]
Two new suppliers join Digitising Social Care Records Programme
Two new suppliers have joined the NHSX Digitising Social Care Records Programme purchasing system, which was launched to support adult social care providers in England to buy from an assured list of digital social care record solutions. Person Centred Software and everyLIFE have joined providers Nourish and Aspirico on the framework, […]
Video: NHSX on the importance of adopting digital Blueprints
Paul Charnley, Digital Lead for Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership and a Co-Chair of the NHSX Blueprinting Steering Committee, delivered a live webcast for the HTN audience on why Blueprints are so important in helping NHS organisations to deliver digital capabilities. Speaking to us in June, as part […]
ORCHA releases report into UK attitudes towards digital health
ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps) has released an online report that investigates attitudes to digital health across the UK and outlines what this could mean for the NHS. The report, entitled ‘Digital Health in the UK, National Attitudes and Behaviour Research’, surveyed both those […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ to use automation for matching cancer patients with clinical trials
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT and the King’s Health Partners (KHP) Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) are partnering with Inspirata, a cancer informatics and digital pathology provider, to utilise AI automation for matching patients with cancer to early phase clinical trials. KHP ECMC and Guy’s and St Thomas’ will […]
UK Health Data Research Alliance publishes new Green Paper on data use registers standards
The UK Health Data Research Alliance, an alliance of health, care and research organisations convened by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), has released a new Green Paper with recommendations for a data use registers standard. Data use registers act as public records on what data organisations have given access […]
Northamptonshire CCG introduces clinically-led online suicide prevention resource
NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has introduced a new clinically-led online suicide prevention platform to support people with suicidal thoughts. The digital platform, called Togetherall, provides people with access to clinically-led resources, self-guided groups and online forums. The online community is managed by psychology clinicians and can be accessed […]
News in Brief: leadership programme for digital nurses, NHS apprenticeships, innovation ‘surgery’
Amid all of last week’s sporting action, HTN hit its own hat-tick of features with a focus on technologies supporting ICSs, including an article on the role of data and analytics, a how-to guide for choosing health tech partners, and a piece on the importance of change management. As for […]
