The NHS in England has published its much anticipated Long Term Plan with a significant focus on technology. We asked industry leaders for their comment and reaction. Our contributors include: CCube Solutions, InterSystems, Allscripts, Ingenica Solutions, Draper & Dash, Isosec, DrDoctor, System C & Graphnet Care Alliance, Channel 3, FDB, Inhealthcare, […]
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NHS Long Term Plan sets tech milestones
Health and care leaders have come together to develop a Long Term Plan to make the NHS fit for the future, and to get the most value for patients out of every pound of taxpayers’ investment. The plan highlights technology as being instrumental in delivering on its ambitions and aims for the […]
First robotic heart surgery a success from 20 miles away
Dr. Tejas Patel, Chairman and Chief Interventional Cardiologist of the Apex Heart Institute at Ahmedabad has performed heart surgery from a distance of 20 miles away. The procedure, which lasted just 15 minutes was to place a stent in the second artery that was clogged, using an internet-enabled robotic arm […]
Tech trial hopes to detect multiple cancers
Cancer Research UK has funded a trial to test whether technology can identify cancers from a patients breath. Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, a Cancer Research UK-funded scientist from the MRC Cancer Unit at the University of Cambridge, is leading the trial “The PAN trial is seeing if you can use a breath test […]
Matt Hancock announces shake up to GP IT
Matt Hancock has announced through the GP IT Futures framework the need to create an open, competitive market to encourage the best technology used in primary care and to shake-up the sector. In the announcement it was stated that all systems will be required to meet minimum standards to ensure […]
Virtual reality gaming helps patients with visual vertigo
Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS FT has installed a state-of-the-art virtual reality computer gaming suite at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital to help patents with visual vertigo. The use of the technology has already led to a dramatic improvement in recovery times for patients suffering with the condition, with those using the […]
Health Innovation Exchange supports Oh My Mood to develop their mental health programmes
Mental health company Oh My Mood are developing their blended care pathways programme for the UK market, now with support from the Health Innovation Exchange project. Oh My Mood work with clinicians, universities to make evidence-based blended care pathways available to mental health therapists and service users in order to […]
New webinars join HTN Digital Week
The agenda for HTN Digital Week has developed and we are pleased to confirm 5 webinars have joined the programme of digital activity. HTN Digital Week is an innovative week to celebrate, share and showcase your work across healthcare technology from 21st – 25th January 2019. The webinars added to the agenda […]
Ascom wins UK care home contract
Ascom has won a contract with Wren Hall Nursing Home in Nottingham – rated as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. The contract will see Ascom rolling out its teleCARE platform for nearly 100 staff caring for 53 residents aged between 67-99. The platform integrates staff messaging via Ascom’s Myco smartphone […]
PRSB publishes standards for document indexing
A new document naming standard developed by the PRSB in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians Health Informatics Unit aims to ensure that records are properly named and indexed, so they can be retrieved in order to provide ongoing care. People can easily have hundreds of digital and paper […]
