HTN is pleased to announce the dates for our popular HTN ‘Health Tech for the Now’ series through 2021. A Call for Proposals process is now also open to provide anyone with the opportunity to submit a proposal to get involved. Whether you would like to share your work, projects, […]
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Northern Ireland adopts health tech to support care homes manage COVID-19
Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland has launched a pilot using technology from Inhealthcare to support residential care homes provide an overview of the health status of residents during COVID-19. The new service supports care workers to identify residents at risk and who may require clinical assessment. A digital questionnaire in an […]
Doctor Care Anywhere announces IPO to raise £55m
Doctor Care Anywhere, a telehealth provider founded in 2013, has announced that it has lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to undertake an initial public offering. The company will offer new shares at an offer price of A$0.80 per share to raise approximately A$102.0 million / £55 million. […]
#HealthTechToShoutAbout HTN Awards 2020 winner!
By Highland Marketing This year’s Health Tech Awards attracted a huge number and range of entries from across health and care. It was no surprise that many of them addressed an aspect of the health tech response to the coronavirus crisis and highlighted the work done by companies and trusts […]
UCL researchers publish ‘Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support’ Covid dashboard
Researchers at UCL-led collaboration i-sense, have published a dashboard to collate data on five stages; Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support, with an aim to provide a complete picture of the pandemic. The i-sense COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID RED) collates and presents data from the Office of National Statistics, Public Health […]
In Focus: HTN Awards 2020 Part One
In this two-part article we cover the projects that were announced as winners and highly commended in the Health Tech Awards 2020. HTN would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved! If you missed the evening, you can watch the announcement videos here. We would love to hear […]
Dorset Care Record expands with physical health data and new datasets
The Dorset Care Record (DCR) is expanding this month to include community physical health data and new datasets such as allergy information and clinic letters. Allergy information from University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital is to be available this month through the DCR. It means allergy details from […]
The new technologies supporting stop smoking services
By Solutions for Health While COVID-19 brings challenges for stop smoking services, online support and an AI-powered robo-coach mean there’s digital support to help people kick the habit. Smokers are up to fourteen times more likely to have serious complications from COVID-19 than non-smokers according to recent research in China. […]
NHSX publishes Digital Technology Assessment Criteria
NHSX has published a Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) in beta; new standards to assess the suitability and function of digital health technologies. The standards form a baseline assessment criteria setting out how digital technologies will be assessed. It will be supported by a Guide to Good Practice for Digital and Data-Driven Health […]
UCL develops online tool to identify highest risk of developing TB
Researchers at UCL have developed an new online tool which could help reduce tuberculosis in countries with low transmission rates by helping to identify those at risk. Published in Nature Medicine, the study used data from 18 previous studies, including 80,000 people across 20 countries. People who have ‘latent’ TB may […]
