Another week, another opportunity to round-up all the exciting developments within the health tech space. Across the past seven days or so, HTN has covered NHSX funding updates for digital pathways, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’s new five-year deal with Babylon Health, a new solution from Fujitsu, and a digital shift […]
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NHSX opens funding applications for digital perioperative pathways
NHSX has opened up applications for digital perioperative pathway support, through a new fund, with the aim of helping Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to streamline services. The Perioperative Care Adoption Fund, part of a wider collaboration between NHSX, NHS England and NHS Improvement, and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), […]
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole gets £200,000 in funding for clinical e-scheduling system
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole (NLaG) NHS Foundation Trust has received £200,000 in funding for a new, integrated clinical e-scheduling system to support staff. It’s hoped the NHS England and Improvement-funded addition to the trust, called the Malinko system, will save time for staff and lead to more patient-facing hours. The […]
HDR UK publishes annual review on data insights during the pandemic
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), the national institute for health data science, has released its annual review, which shares data insights and an overview of its work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report for 2020/2021, entitled ‘Data Insights in a Pandemic’, explains the organisation’s strategy, approach, and its projects […]
Fujitsu announces cloud hosting solution for Epic EPR
Fujitsu has announced a new solution to support healthcare providers to run the Epic electronic patient record in the cloud. Utilising the AWS for Health initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fujitsu said it has been “created to deliver a smoother, faster electronic patient record implementation, with easier consumption of […]
NHSX funding project to support ICSs with digital MSK pathways
A new funding programme has been launched by NHSX to support Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) that are interested in digitising musculoskeletal (MSK) pathways – either through introducing or scaling up digital innovations. Around £1 million in funding is available in total through the programme, which aims to support ICSs, who […]
Health Tech for the Now dates announced
Following a successful year of the HTN Health Tech for the Now series, we are pleased to announce the dates that the events will take place on over the next 12 months, and announce our new focused sessions, following the success of our first-ever digital primary care conference. Over the […]
Video: How GP practices can utilise their website to manage and shape demand, from HTN Digital Primary Care
On the morning of the first-ever HTN Digital Primary Care Conference, we welcomed Thomas Porteus, the Founder and CEO of Iatro Partners, for a session focusing on how GP practices can utilise their website to control, manage and shape demand. The talk started with the main purpose of a practice […]
NHS cervical screening system to go live in October
A new system to support the NHS cervical screening programme is set to go live in October 2021, NHS Digital has announced. Ahead of the launch, NHS Digital has published resources to support cervical screening teams prepare for the system, highlighting actions to be taken before the system goes live. […]
Servelec acquires Elemental Software
Servelec has announced the acquisition of Elemental Software, a company specialising in social prescribing technology. Developed by former community workers, the technology is used to help connect people with support and services in there community to help address any social issues they are facing. The platform is used by GPs, multi-disciplinary teams, housing […]
