A new NHS service has been launched today to enable people to sign up to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials. The service allows people to sign up to inform researchers they are happy to be contacted to take part in these studies. Researchers have opened the call seeking people from […]
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Bupa Cromwell Hospital adopts Visionable
Bupa Cromwell Hospital has adopted video collaboration technology from Visionable to support its UK and international patients. It was introduced by the hospital at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue to deliver healthcare services safely, and to enable consultants to discuss patient cases as part of virtual multidisciplinary […]
Royal Wolverhampton implements tool to predict use of PPE
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has utilised technology from TeleTracking to report on, measure and predict Personal Protective Equipment numbers. The tool allowed the trust to measure the amount of PPE needed day-by-day and week-by-week by front-line staff. It mapped data on the use of PPE, with NHS guidance and modelled it […]
Sheffield Children’s to trial digital patient hub
Sheffield Children’s NHS FT is due to trial a digital portal for young patients and their parents, using technology from Netcall. The trust will introduce a new ‘Patient Hub’ in an effort to ease the pressures of appointment management. Parents will be able to confirm, rebook or cancel hospital outpatient appointments, providing […]
NHSX to release COVID-19 forecasting tool to local organisations
NHSX has announced a COVID-19 forecasting tool, developed with tech firm Palantir, is to be made available to local NHS organisations. NHSX said the forecasting tool that is part of the NHS COVID-19 Data Store, will support local and national health leaders by providing information and data related to COVID-19. The […]
Boots offers people living with cancer free access to video consultations
Boots has announced it will offer a new online consultation service for free to those affected by cancer. Through a video consultation, using the Livi platform, people will be able to speak to a trained healthcare professional for free, a service that would usually cost £39. Boots, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer […]
HTN Trends Series: Health tech leaders discuss their 2020 priorities
At the start of the year as part of the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, we asked health tech leaders for their aims and priorities for 2020. In this article we revisited this theme and spoke with health tech leaders across the country to discuss their priorities […]
Greater Manchester Digital Platform procures more health tech solutions
The Greater Manchester Digital Platform has welcomed a new group of health tech suppliers to support the development of its next generation digital platform. The platform is being designed and built to hold, analyse and share information across health, social care and community settings across the region. The successful suppliers […]
Imperial College highlights text message reminders in cervical screening uptake
Research from a team at Imperial College London has shown sending a text message reminder can lead to more women taking up cervical screening. The findings also indicate the approaches and language used in the text messages can support greater uptake. The research has been published in the journal Preventive Medicine following a […]
Health Innovation Hub Ireland accelerator winners announced
Health Innovation Hub Ireland has announced the winners of its innovation competition to validate, pilot and fast-track solutions into the Irish healthcare system. Following a national health innovation competition, 15 health tech suppliers have been chosen. The competition was directed at companies who have an innovative product, solution or service […]
