A free research discovery app has been launched to provide access to tens of thousands of published research papers on COVID-19. Tech company Deeper Insights has launched the app to help healthcare professionals access the latest COVID-19 research. Since January there has been a surge in research, with 128,000 papers […]
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Contact tracing system rolled-out across Wales
A contact tracing system has this week been launched in Wales, initially a telephone based process, followed by an online system next week. Anyone who has a positive coronavirus test result will be contacted by a team of contact tracers and asked for details of everyone they have had close […]
20 year old Dubliner secures £12.9m funding
Evervault, a Dublin-based company founded by 20 year old Shane Curran, has raised £12.9m in Series A funding to develop ‘privacy cages’ that simplify data protection. The company is building API functionality for data privacy, initially to sell the technology to financial services and healthcare sectors. The API functionality termed ‘privacy cages’, […]
Digital platform developed in 5 days to support COVID-19 testing
Mid and South Essex Health Care Partnership (HCP), which covers all care sectors in the mid and south Essex area, has benefited from a digital system to support key worker COVID-19 testing. An innovative bank shift platform created by consultant Dilshan Arawwawala, called Shift Partner, was extended in 5 days […]
HTN Digital Week: 5 webinars for your diary
HTN Digital Week is now only 17 days away. Whether you can attend live, or register to receive the recordings, the week provides over 25 sessions on health tech topics from across health and care. The HTN team will also be live presenting the Health Tech Leaders Awards 2020, to […]
Feature: harnessing the momentum within health tech post-Covid-19
Over the past few weeks, we have heard from many in healthcare who have expressed their observations of the rapid adoption of technology in response to combatting the challenges from Covid-19 and supporting the healthcare system deliver essential new ways of working. In this feature, sponsored by Highland Marketing, we […]
Researchers publish online tool to calculate COVID-19 risks
Scientists from University College London, UCL Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Cambridge and Health Data Research U.K. have developed an online tool to help calculate and understand the risks of COVID-19. Using over 3.8 million health records, researchers developed the tool to estimate the excess risk of mortality which […]
Healthtech start-up supports Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine trial
A health tech start up that provides tele-consultation tools is working with Oxford University on its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. The remote consulting solution, from Nye Health, will be used to connect study participants with researchers and clinicians regardless of their location. The study is to test a new vaccine against COVID-19 […]
Microsoft Teams used for 90,250 NHS daily meetings
NHS Digital has published numbers on the uptake of Microsoft Teams since we reported on 18th March the platform would be made available for free for three months. Over 15 million messages have been sent in this time, and now almost half a million messages are being sent each day. […]
Contact tracing trialled at three health boards
A pilot has been launched this week to test contact tracing technology at three health boards. The software will be tested in NHS Fife, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Highland. The pilot is expected to last two weeks, with the expected roll-out to all health boards by the end of May. […]
