The University of Edinburgh has announced the 15 startups that have been selected for its new AI Accelerator programme – with six of those innovative companies from the health tech sector. The programme, designed in partnership with Scale Space – a scaling up community and network for innovative businesses – […]
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NHS Digital announces improvements to e-Referral Service
NHS Digital has made improvements to the advice function on its NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), following feedback from clinicians. These changes focus on providing primary care clinicians with ‘an effective tool’ to talk to staff in secondary care settings before making a referral, thereby improving the referral system for patients […]
From disease detection to drug creation: the diverse applications of AI in healthcare
In December 2020, HTN featured artificial intelligence tools supporting everything from colonoscopies to strokes, and the diverse applications of AI in healthcare. Part two of our ‘applications of AI in healthcare’ series looks specifically at AI in radiology; AI in psychiatry; and in the creation of new drugs and the […]
Induction app supports clinician onboarding at Nightingale London
NHS Nightingale London has used an app from Induction Healthcare to support the onboarding process of 418 clinicians. Using the Induction Switch app, a popular communication platform used by 185,000 healthcare professionals, the temporary hospital has adopted the tool to support communication, secure messaging, directory services and document sharing. London’s Nightingale hospital was reopened last month […]
Plans proposed to bring together NHSX and NHSE outpatient transformation programmes
In a move to drive outpatient transformation, a proposal is in process for the digital teams from NHSX and clinical transformation teams at NHS England to work closer together. The new proposal aims to bring the Improvement directorate within NHSE leading on outpatient transformation programmes, together with digital teams from […]
Sheffield Hallam researching intelligent social robots for patient wellbeing and independence
A Sheffield Hallam University academic is researching intelligent social robots, which it’s hoped can have a range of positive impacts on patient health and wellbeing in the future. HTN recently attended the HETT Show 2021, where Alessandro Di Nuovo, Professor of Machine Intelligence at the South Yorkshire university, gave a […]
Report: Healthcare providers and systems brace for a third recovery wave; 6,100 monthly cancer patients, and 2.5m elective patient gap
Feature by Draper & Dash, view the insight report here > As far as intensity goes, this has been one of the most extreme and challenging months in history for the healthcare sector. As a I write this, we are simultaneously experiencing one of the most transformative periods in healthcare, […]
PRSB launches supplier scheme to drive standards
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB), a non-profit organisation responsible for the development of standards for digital health and care records, has launched a new vendor scheme to support integrated care. The ‘Standards Partnership Scheme’ has been launched to visibly recognise and support vendors that are implementing endorsed record standards, in a bid […]
A week in health tech: a summary of HETT Reset
This week, the HTN team joined the health tech community for a very interesting virtual HETT Show. During the week we attended the panel discussions and covered some of the themes and key discussion points: NHS digitalisation and the future role of NHS Digital; an interview with Sarah Wilkinson Integration […]
Whizz-Kidz charity and Somo launch new accessible website
The UK charity Whizz-Kidz, which supports young wheelchair users, has partnered with digital product agency Somo to launch a new accessible website. Hoping to achieve a ‘best-in-class digital experience’, the charity’s expanded online offering will include more content, such as 30 new videos and 30 audio interviews with wheelchair users. […]
