Health Education England and the University of Manchester have developed and launched a free online course to explore AI in healthcare.The course is aimed at health and social care professionals who want to understand the basic concepts, challenges and opportunities of AI in their respective healthcare systems. The five week course […]
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Oxford VR closes £10 million Series A funding
Oxford VR, a virtual reality technology in behavioural health has closed a £10 million Series A funding round. The VR therapy company will use the funds to accelerate US expansion of its evidence-based and VRtherapy solution and to continue to expand its treatment pipeline. Founded in 2017, Oxford VR is a spinout from […]
Microsoft launches new $40m AI for Health
Microsoft has launched a new $40 million, five year program to leverage the use of artificial intelligence for health. Part of the AI for Good initiative, which recently announced its latest cohort, aims to leverage AI technology to empower researchers and organisations address many global health challenges. Brad Smith, president, Microsoft “Artificial […]
Matthew Gould, NHSX: Regulating AI in health and care
Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Officer at NHSX and a group of senior leaders from regulators recently held a roundtable meeting to discuss AI in healthcare and how the organisation is set to regulate the field. In a blog post published this week, Gould said “Doing AI right means putting a […]
16 digital adult social care projects awarded share of £4.5m
NHS Digital has announced 16 projects will be awarded a share of £4.5 million to support health tech and digitisation projects. The awards have been made to organisations that provide and commission adult social care services and include projects such as digital workflows, care planning, AI, interoperability and analytics. The […]
James Paget to roll-out erostering solution
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced plans to rollout Allocate’s erostering technology. The trust went live with the e-rostering software for its nursing workforce in 2010, and is now to be rolled out to its 320 doctors and medical staff to cover 12 departments. The first staff […]
NHS Digital appoints new Chief Information Security Officer
NHS Digital has appointed Pete Rose as new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Deputy CEO. Pete Rose, currently at the Home Office as director of enterprise services and deputy chief digital, data and technology officer will join NHS Digital on 4th May 2020. He will be responsible for running all […]
Industry View Part Two: Better tech is not a ‘nice to have’ but vital to have for the NHS
In this, part two of our feature sponsored by CCube Solutions we asked industry experts for their opinion, reaction and comments on some of the key themes following a speech delivered last week by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock. In the speech Hancock said “better tech is not a ‘nice […]
NHS Digital set for real time exemption checking national roll-out
NHS Digital has announced a real time exemption checking system is to be rolled-out nationally. The system enables pharmacies to immediately check in real time if a patient is eligible for free prescriptions. Alison O’Brien, Head of Exemption Checking Services, NHS Business Services Authority “Customers and pharmacists have told us they […]
Specialist health tech agency sponsors #HealthTechToShoutAbout category for the second year
HTN is pleased to welcome Highland Marketing, the specialist health tech agency, as the #HealthTechToShoutAbout category sponsor in the Health Tech Awards 2020, for the second year. The innovative Health Tech Awards 2020, now in the fourth year, celebrate great technology and innovation making a difference across health and care. Each […]
