Early findings on the impact of HUMA’s remote digital care platform, Medopad, have been released by the NHSX and Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN). Medopad, a clinician portal and remote patient monitoring smartphone app, was assessed across five pilot sites with data collected between April and […]
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Hear from over 60 healthcare digital teams and innovators for HTN Now this month
HTN’s Health Tech for the Now series continues this month with a week of online sessions starting 18th January. During the week we welcome digital leaders and teams from across health and care to share some of their digital programmes; their approach, what has worked well, their learnings and plans for […]
Feature: the rise of remote monitoring – what’s next?
The use of remote monitoring technologies – innovations that allow symptoms to be managed and care to be provided at distance, outside of traditional hospital settings – has surged during the past year. Healthcare providers are increasingly opting for digital ways of working, to protect those at higher risk and […]
UK Gov updates good practice guide for digital health tech
The Department of Health and Social Care has updated its guidance on ‘good practice for digital and data-driven technologies’, with ‘strengthened and expanded’ practical advice. As of 6 January 2021, the government has published its latest code of conduct to support ‘innovators’ in the digital healthcare technology sector. The advice […]
IMMJ Systems to receive £3.5m investment
IMMJ Systems, a provider of electronic document management solutions, is set to receive £3.5 million in investment from Foresight Group LLP. Foresight, an independent infrastructure and private equity manager, said the investment is to support the growth plans of the company and the opportunities to assist healthcare organisations to digitise. […]
New O2 tech to save 1,700 days of ambulance admin time
O2 has announced a new contract with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST). The telecommunications provider will deliver a ‘suite of new technologies’ in an effort to reduce ambulance admin time and improve how digital clinical records are captured for paramedics and other frontline staff. This move […]
North East & North Cumbria ICS releases new digital strategy
The North East & North Cumbria ICS (integrated care system) has released its new digital strategy. Published in December 2020, the strategy stretches across plans and aims for the next four years, until 2024, and reflects the shifting healthcare requirements since the COVID-19 pandemic. In a shared foreword, the ICS […]
AI-supported test could predict eye disease three years before symptoms
A new AI algorithm has been developed by scientists at UCL and Western Eye Hospital, London, to support clinicians when evaluating eye diseases in scans. The test, called DARC (Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells), involves injecting into the bloodstream, via the arm, a fluorescent dye that attaches to retinal cells, […]
Health Tech Predictions 2021: how the experts see the year ahead
Most of us will be keen to bid goodbye to 2020 and welcome the New Year with open arms. But one major plus point is that, largely due to the problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen huge strides in the adoption and implementation of technology within healthcare […]
Year in review part two: your top 20 HTN articles
In the second instalment of this two-part series, HTN looks back over the 20 most popular stories we’ve brought to you over the past 12 months. To read the first 10 stories in part one please see our article here. Asda and Medicspot partner for in-store virtual GP service In July, […]
