NHS Digital has announced £1m in funding to support local authorities developing digital social care projects. The Social Care Digital Innovation Programme (SCDIP) fund will support innovative uses of digital technology in the design and delivery of adult social care. Ten authorities will receive up to £30,000 to design a digital […]
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New general practice contract highlights importance of tech
A new five-year contract for general practice across England will see billions of extra investment for improved access to family doctors, expanded services at local practices and longer appointments for patients who need them. NHS England will also fund an addition of 20,000 more staff to help GP practices work […]
HTN Awards 2019 launched!
HTN is delighted to launch and announce the HTN Awards 2019! The Health Tech Awards 2019 will celebrate great technology and innovation across health and care. The HTN Awards 2019 are in association with CCube Solutions, an award-winning provider of enterprise content management solutions, comprising electronic document and records management, workflow, electronic […]
5G tech to triage patients as they travel to hospital
Kingston University and Pangea have teamed up to develop enriched video compression and data transfer techniques over 4G+ and 5G networks. The technology will allow clinicians to triage patients as they are being transported to hospital in ambulances. The company said “Ambulance trusts could save up to £90m if response times […]
Sensyne health signs US evaluation agreement
Sensyne Health the British clinical AI technology company has signed a non-exclusive agreement with Jefferson Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The agreement is to evaluate the clinical and commercial potential of Sensyne Health’s GDm-Health™ digital therapeutic in the Jefferson Health system. GDm-Health™ is […]
New Health IT agency appoints advisory board
Silver Buck a newly formed health IT communications organisation has appointed its new advisory board. The company, which was launched earlier this year, has created the Buccaneers to support health IT suppliers and health care organisations to better position themselves and ensure that they are delivering solutions that the industry […]
Southampton FC signs HealthStore deal with BridgeHead
Southampton Football Club has selected BridgeHead Software’s Independent Clinical Archive (ICA), HealthStore™, to assist the long-term consolidation, protection and secure sharing of its players’ medical images. This will support the club’s clinicians in assessing injuries, collaborating on player rehabilitation and developing education and injury prevention strategies. The need for fast […]
Case Study: How Nova are successfully facilitating Digital Health Innovation through a ‘cofoundery’ process
The team at Nova have first-hand experience of what characteristics digital health startups, and their founders, require to succeed – as well insight as to the reasons that cause over 90% of them to fail. Nova’s motivation to reduce the unsustainably high failure rate for startups, spurred them to create […]
Artificial intelligence set to decode heart attack and stroke risk
The British Heart Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute are developing a machine learning tool to predict which people are likely to suffer a life-threatening heart attack or stroke. Once developed, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool will help predict peoples’ risk based on their health records and could transform the […]
Leeds first city to fully join up with GP Connect
NHS Digital has announced that all clinicians across Leeds will be able to access patients’ previous encounters with GPs, improving the data link between the care received at primary and secondary care. The GP Connect service allows GP practices and authorised clinical staff to share and view GP records digitally […]
