Seven new data hubs are to be rolled out across the UK to speed up research for new medicines, treatments, and technologies that support quicker diagnoses and save lives. The hubs will use the latest advances in technology to connect and analyse health data from existing locations and in partnership […]
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HTN Digital Week 2020 registration now open
HTN has today launch HTN Digital Week, a series of online events to share and collaborate on healthcare technology, taking place 20th – 26th January 2020. Supported by Dedalus UK, CCube Solutions and Rhapsody the week provides a range of webinars, features, interviews, special reports, live videos and social media […]
Health Tech Trends Survey: What is holding your organisation back from becoming digital?
In the second of the HTN Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we asked NHS professionals what is holding your organisation back from becoming digital? In this article we have selected some of the key themes, comments and challenges highlighted in the survey. Of the respondents 22% were positive […]
20 innovators join DigitalHealth.London Accelerator
DigitalHealth.London has today announced the 20 new digital health care innovators to be supported by the 2019-20 programme. Now in its fourth year, it supports small and medium organisations accelerate the adoption of innovations into the NHS. The Accelerator is receiving approximately £1.7 million of funding from the European Regional Development Fund as […]
£130m investment for gene-based therapies and artificial intelligence
The Government has today announced it will invest over £130 million in life-changing treatments for arthritis and cancer and for pioneering gene-based therapies for diseases including dementia and Parkinson’s. An investment of £50 million with support NHS diagnostic services and support the work of existing Centres of Excellence in digital pathology […]
Moorfields researchers opening up development of AI
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology are researching ways to open up the development of AI algorithms to healthcare professionals without programming experience. The team is using Google AutoML, a machine-learning algorithm that learned to build an algorithm to analyse medical images and provide diagnoses. For simple […]
Health Tech sees highest valuations in over 5 years
A report from Hampleton Partners has highlighted the health tech sector has seen record valuations in the first half of 2019. The first half of 2019 recorded an increase in healthtech M&A activity, with 100 deals closed (11 per cent more than in 2H 2018) and around $8.3 billion in […]
New framework for cloud services
A new procurement framework has launched to streamline the process of purchasing cloud solutions. Launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) the innovative Cloud Solutions Framework helps the NHS, local authorities, police, educational establishments, and any other public sector organisation, to access the cloud services at best value-for-money from 24 […]
CHIME and BCS launch CIO qualification program
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has today launched in the UK in partnership with the BCS. The partnership allows BCS to manage the benefits of CHIME membership including access to CHIME’s online materials and admission to the CHIME Healthcare CIO qualification program (CHCIO), an internationally recognised qualification […]
MIG supports 6,000 professionals across Bristol
Access to GP and community care patient data through the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG) is now available to 6,000 health and care professionals across Bristol. Part of the Connecting Care Partnership which supports 85 GP practices, three community providers, three acute hospitals, a mental health trust and three councils it brings together 20 […]
