Innovative digital technology projects have received a £9m funding boost through the government’s Digital Health Technology Catalyst. The catalyst, delivered by UK Research and Innovation, aims to accelerate the development of digital health innovation, under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, to ensure the UK remains at the leading-edge of innovative […]
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Pharmacist reduces controlled drugs admin by 75%
A Yorkshire based pharmacy has reduced the time spent on managing controlled drugs prescriptions by 75% thanks to a new electronic monitoring system. Day Lewis pharmacy in Hull removed its paper process and switched to an electronic controlled drugs register (eCDR) developed by EMIS Health that is integrated into his […]
New pharmacy standard now complete
A new standard to improve information sharing between community pharmacies and GP practices is now complete, the Professional Record Standards Body has announced. The new standard of a two-part standard, defines the information shared in a standardised way so that information can be shared between different systems more easily. NHS […]
Health projects awarded £23million
Awarded under the Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) programme jointly run by Innovate UK and the Medical Research Council a series of projects have received £23 million of government funding. The projects include software which enables radiologists to diagnose breast cancer more effectively and gene therapy to combat kidney disease. Life Sciences Minister […]
HTN Digital Week Launched
HTN is delighted to launch HTN Digital Week 2019, a week of online events and information sharing, taking place 10th – 14th June 2019 for the healthcare community. Utilising digital channels HTN Digital Week will provide everyone with an opportunity to share and collaborate on digital health. The Week includes live […]
New CEO and CSO for EMIS Health
EMIS Group has announced two senior appointments, Suzy Foster as Chief Executive Office and Bob Brown as Chief Solutions Officer. The appointments follow the company recently announcing EMIS-X, it’s next generation platform. You can read our exclusive interview with Pete Malcolm, EMIS Group Chief Technology Officer on EMIS-X here. Suzy Foster […]
Sheffield develops VR games to help rehabilitation of injured children
Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have developed two virtual reality (VR) computer games aimed at helping injured children through rehabilitation at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. A team led by Ivan Phelan a research associate games developer, worked with physiotherapists and play specialists from Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to develop the […]
NHS Digital’s Daniel Ray named second in dataIQ top 100
NHS Digital’s Daniel Ray has been named the second most influential data and analytics practitioner in the UK by dataIQ’s top 100 list. The dataIQ list is the only fully-curated power list of data and analytics practitioners in the UK, with nominations from across both public and private sectors involved […]
13 innovations join NHS Innovation Accelerator
13 innovations have joined the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) programme supporting priority areas for England’s NHS: Mental Health, Primary Care and early diagnosis and prevention of cancer. The NIA has supported the uptake and spread of 37 high impact, evidence-based innovations across more than 1,700 NHS sites since it launched […]
NICE Evidence Standards Framework for Digital Health Technologies V2 launched
NICE has published an updated version of its evidence standards framework for digital health technologies that sets out the evidence requirements for different types of tech. You can download the evidence standards framework for digital health technologies here. The first edition was published in December 2018 with the latest version updated […]
