Barts Health NHS Trust is to invest £7.6 million to move its IT networks onto the cloud and develop its IT infrastructure, following a series of approved loans announced in October. In October the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock announced £184 million in funding to modernise hospitals, of which Barts Health […]
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Children’s Hospice offers virtual reality to help families see inside
A Children’s Hospice in Worcestershire is providing a new 360 degree virtual tour to help families see what it’s like. The technology is helping families see what it is really like in the Hospice and has helped to alleviate any potential worries. The Acorns Children’s Hospice, Worcestershire Health and Care […]
Health Tech Trends Survey: Machine Learning in Healthcare
In the latest report in the HTN Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we asked healthcare professionals about machine learning. There were two striking details which emerged from this particular survey question; firstly, inline with our survey article from last week, where respondents overwhelmingly thought positively about the potential […]
Hillrom introduces 10 year costing model
Hillrom, a medical technologies provider for healthcare, has introduced the first full 10-year set costing model programme. The company provides hospital beds, patient lifts, and non-invasive therapeutic products to health and care providers and has now introduced a 10 year guarantee for the first time for its successful HR 900 bed system. […]
National NHSX CIO post launched
NHSX is seeking a national CIO to help deliver on its five missions. The role will be a core member of the organisation’s senior leadership team and will work directly with the Chief Executive and CCIO. The post-holder will also help the clinical team in scoping designing and delivering new programs […]
Podcast: Addressing clinical variation and the clinician landscape
A new podcast series from Healthcare Analytics provider Draper and Dash has this week published its ninth episode. The new episode sees CEO Orlando Agrippa speak with guest Steve Lash, Medical Director of Optegra. The series explores thoughts around healthcare challenges in the past and present, while continuing to answer the question of […]
Help shape the innovative Health Tech Awards 2020
The innovative Health Tech Awards help share and celebrate great work across health and care. Following another successful year of awards where we celebrated projects really making a difference, we are busy planning the 2020 awards! To find out more and meet the 2019 winners, please click here. We want […]
Health Tech Trends Survey: Artificial Intelligence
In the latest report from our HTN Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we asked NHS professionals about artificial intelligence. Since March 2019, we surveyed health care professionals to understand more about artificial intelligence to support health care delivery. In this article we highlight some of the responses. When asked […]
Former NHS Manager raises £9.1m
A former NHS Manager who co-founded Visionable a video collaboration platform has raised £9.1m in funding. The technology provides clinicians, paramedics and healthcare professionals with secure video conferencing designed for sharing clinical information and imaging. The new investment values the company at £47.6m and the raise was led by West Hill […]
The Executive Patient Flow Summit – key themes and outcomes
What has now become one of the most exclusive annual healthcare planning calendar dates, The Draper & Dash hosted Executive Patient Flow Summit is indeed a work of art, led by its charismatic and straight-talking CEO and former NHS executive – Orlando Agrippa and his care-oriented team. The summit gathers […]
