Patients Know Best has partnered with the Somerset Cancer Register to support remote monitoring and access to data for cancer patients. NHS teams and their cancer patients will, from March, be able to use the patient portal to access to their digital health record through PKB and the NHS App. […]
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600 free health information videos added to NHS website
A library of over 600 free health information videos, produced by HCI, have been made available on the NHS website’s homepage. The videos have been developed by the company in partnership with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, and cover a range of subject areas such as asthma, pregnancy, diabetes, […]
Welsh NHS announces £25 million funding for digital
In a move to support health and care organisations’ move to more digital services, NHS Wales has committed a further £25 million in funding, Health and Social Services Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. The new funding aims to support the Welsh Government’s Plan for Health and Social Care – A […]
New 24/7 blood pressure monitoring system launched
A new 24/7 Optical Blood Pressure Monitoring System (OBPM), worn as a wrist band to collect data to better inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension, has been launched. The medical innovation estimates blood pressure automatically and painlessly by analysing signals from a wearer’s wrist throughout the day. These are […]
NHS Business Services Authority launches new digital strategy
NHS Business Services Authority has published its new digital strategy, with a focus on people, services and creating an environment to facilitate excellence. The Special Health Authority, an Arm’s Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care, set out its vision, to be a ‘Catalyst for Better Health’. In […]
Online tool from Glasgow’s SPHSU explores health impacts of COVID-19
Researchers from the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU), at the University of Glasgow, have created an online tool that helps people explore the wider impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the platform itself, the tool aims to ignite conversations around COVID-19 and inequalities, asking ‘How has […]
HTN Now Awards 2021: Meet the Winners
HTN, and friends, are delighted to announce the highly commended and winners in the HTN Now Awards 2021! HTN would like to say a huge thank you, and well done to you all – you should all be very proud of what you have achieved. The awards aim to share […]
HTN Now Awards 2021 LIVE
Welcome to the HTN Now Awards 2021! The awards aim to share and celebrate innovations, teams and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through the year. To access the awards, follow us on Twitter @health1tech or click here to view the live stream. To read up on the […]
VR app by Xploro joins US pediatrics collaboration project
Xploro, a developer of apps that help children deal with anxiety around serious illness, has been accepted onto a global health programme that helps hospitals collaborate with tech companies. Over 300 innovators reportedly entered the programme, KidsX Accelerator, before the list was trimmed down to 13. Xploro is the only […]
Burdett Trust for Nursing announces major grant programme for digital health
The Burdett Trust for Nursing has announced that its next major grant programme will focus on digital health, with nurse-led projects at the forefront. The grants for the 2022 Digital Health Grant Programme will reportedly include professional training and cover three ‘areas of digital health innovation’: Data and analytics to […]
