A new 3D printing farm has delivered its first face shields at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT. The trust, in collaboration with 3D companies and enthusiasts, has produced face shields to be worn by frontline staff, using 3D printing technology. Using over 200 printers around the clock, the trust […]
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NHSX updates on contact tracing app and tech fund for the vulnerable
NHSX has today announced it has received over 1,600 applications for its new tech fund to support the vulnerable during the COVID-19 outbreak and has provided a brief update on the contact tracing app it’s developing. On the 23rd of March NHSX announced a new programme to call for innovators to […]
UCL and Casualy partner for AI coronavirus research
A new partnership has been launched with AI specialist Casualy and University College London to research COVID-19. The teams will explore the identification of biomarkers and potential therapeutic agents using AI techniques to read and interpret vast sources of information. This could be from previous research into similar viruses. The technology […]
Feature: #HealthTechToShoutAbout
The health tech industry has rallied to support health and care over the past few weeks. As part of the HTN #HealthTechToShoutAbout feature series, supported by Highland Marketing, we spoke to 6 health tech suppliers to hear more about their recent work in response. Please click on an image below […]
NHS Digital launches trial for machine learning to predict ICU beds and ventilator demand
NHS Digital has announced a new trial to use machine learning techniques to plan and manage COVID-19 treatment resources. The system developed by NHS Digital and University of Cambridge is to help predict the upcoming demand for intensive care (ICU) beds and ventilators needed to treat patients with COVID-19 at individual hospitals […]
UCL to use supercomputers to research COVID-19
University College London researchers are to use supercomputers to support ‘urgent investigations’ into COVID-19 disease. The aim is to be able to accelerate the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs by using the most powerful supercomputers commonly used for high intensive tasks such as quantum mechanics and climate research. A consortium […]
Yeovil Hospital connects to Dorset Care Record
Yeovil Hospital for the first time is now able to view data from the Dorset Care Record, the platform used to share key patient information across providers. The hospital typically takes 30% of emergency patients from across Dorset CCG, and now can view GP records and other datasets for these […]
HTN Trends Series: System Wide Digital in Cornwall
As part of the Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we explore how Cornwall IT Services working with the teams at Kernow CCG, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we hear from Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer, […]
National Data Guardian programme to explore health data sharing
The National Data Guardian for Health and Care has partnered with Understanding Patient Data and Sciencewise to explore how people weigh up the benefits and disadvantages of health and social care data sharing for research. The project was initiated months before the COVID-19 pandemic, however the programme will explore the […]
Health Tech Heroes part three
Each week as part of our Health Tech Heroes series we recognise and say thank you to those in health tech making a real difference. Here in the third part in the series, we cover some of the amazing work this week where teams across the country have been working […]
