In a speech delivered on Tuesday, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock raised technology higher on the agenda than ever before and spoke about the importance of people, standards, leadership and scalability. He talked about leadership and the importance of every CEO leading on digital transformation, backed by […]
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Matt Hancock announces £140m AI Award open for applications
Matt Hancock has today announced a new £140m Artificial Intelligence Award to be run by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) now open for applications. It will make £140million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most […]
Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to share digital records
Care homes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will for the first time be able to share digital records, following an approved grant from NHS Digital. The project will see the roll-out of the digital record system, Connecting Care, to care homes across the region to share records with hospitals, […]
Feature: Driving health IT ROI with an electronic performance support system
Evidence is mounting that the training staff receive on major healthcare IT systems impacts on their deployment and adoption. Yet traditional classroom and e-learning won’t always provide what is needed. NHS organisations can improve the operational efficiency of their training efforts and increase end-user proficiency by adopting an electronic performance […]
HTN People and Partnership Awards 2020 meet the winners
In this article we cover the winners of the awards and highlight their projects and link to resources for further information. You can read about the awards evening on Twitter @health1tech or using #HTNDigitalWeek. To read about some of the projects that entered the awards, you can view the finalists here […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals tech helps reconstruct a mummy’s vocal tract
Ever wanted to hear the sound of an Egyptian mummy? The Radiology team and CT scanners at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have supported scientists to replicate the sound of a mummy, Nesyamun, 3,000 years on. Using precise measurements taken using detailed Computed Tomography (CT) scanning of the mummy, the […]
HTN Digital Week: Day four in review
HTN Digital Week Day Four: Thursday 23rd January 2020 Day Four of HTN Digital Week saw another 3 excellent webinars on the back of the HTN People and Partnership Awards on Wednesday night. Below, we have Chris Reynolds who presented first on ‘overcoming organisational barriers’. Followed by a presentation from Graham […]
Babylon agrees 10 year deal with The Royal Wolverhampton to build an integrated, AI-based health app
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Babylon have agreed a 10 year deal to build an integrated, AI-based health app to serve over 300,000 people. The financial details of the deal remain disclosed. The solution will connect healthcare professionals from across the region, providing remote access to GPs and hospital specialists, live […]
HTN People and Partnership Awards 2020 Winners Revealed
The innovative HTN People and Partnership Awards 2020 ceremony took place live 22nd January 2020. The Awards celebrate and showcase exceptional projects, teams, technology and organisations across health and care that are making a real difference. You can read about the awards evening on Twitter @health1tech or using #HTNDigitalWeek. To read […]
HTN Digital Week: Day two in review
HTN Digital Week Day Two: Tuesday 21st January 2020 After a successful first day for HTN Digital Week, we are delighted to provide below a summary from day two. The presentations on day one provided exceptional content and insight; many thanks again to all who presented! We expected the presentations on […]
