Thriva, the company giving people access to affordable, clinical-grade insights through home-testing kits has raised £7.5m from investors. The funding will support Thriva as it builds towards its ambitious vision: to put optimal health in anyone’s hands. The company, in the ‘proactive health’ category, has helped over 100,000 people understand how their […]
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David Hancock elected vendor co-chair at INTEROPen
David Hancock, the healthcare executive advisor at founder-member InterSystems has been elected to the new role of vendor co-chair at INTEROPen. INTEROPen is an OPEN collaboration of individuals, industry, standards organisations and health and care providers, who have agreed to work together to accelerate the development of open standards for […]
DeepMind using AI to give doctors a 48-hour head start on life-threatening illness
A new research report from Google DeepMind has found artificial intelligence can help support the treatment of acute kidney injury earlier. DeepMind has developed technology that could give doctors a head-start in treating acute kidney injury, a condition that is associated with over 100,000 people in the UK every year. The team […]
Executive Patient Flow Summit returns
HTN is delighted to partner with Draper and Dash to support the Executive Patient Flow Summit, for another year. The Executive Patient Flow Summit makes its return this October, with the aim to provide leaders with new strategies and models, focusing on promoting system integration, cost improvement initiatives, the value […]
NHSX looks to grow its team
NHSX the organisation leading on digital transformation for the NHS and social care is looking to recruit into a number of new roles. The new roles will support the organisation on its mission to reduce the burden on professionals, provide the tools to access information and improve productivity, so healthcare […]
Liva Healthcare partners with Care City UK
Liva Healthcare and Care City have formed a partnership as part of the NHS Test Bed programme. Liva Healthcare, the digital coaching platform, is combing with Care City, a community interest company to test combinations of digital technologies for an ageing population. Care City was originally setup by the North East […]
NHSX to oversee industry access to data
The newly formed tech unit, NHSX will be assuming responsibility of the sharing of NHS patient data with industry. In a new guidance document published on 15th July, it sets out defining principles for data-sharing agreements and provides new guidance for the use of data sharing for commercial purposes. The […]
Matthew Gould praises Great North Care Record for data sharing
Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Designate of the newly formed NHSX officially opened the new home of the Great North Care Record. Set up over three years ago, the Great North Care Record is a new way of sharing patient information electronically across the North East and North Cumbria to improve treatment […]
Balancing clinical work with a digital health startup
Digital Innovation in health has become a priority for the NHS and health institutions worldwide. And whilst innovation in this space is happening, it’s often felt that it’s at a slower pace than in other industries. One of the biggest blockers of digital innovation across the UK health industry is […]
Former National Medical Director joins messaging app company
Former National Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, and former EMIS and Capita executive, Kevin McDonnell, have joined the company behind Medic Bleep, a secure messaging app for healthcare professionals. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh will be joining Medic Creations in an advisory capacity. He is one of […]
