Google is partnering with connected products designer Flex on a cloud-based platform for medical device analytics. Designed by Flex and announced ahead of HIMSS, BrightInsight is a platform built on Google Cloud that can aggregate data and provide real-time information for connected medical devices. Kal Patel, senior vice president of […]

NHS England and the Office for Life Sciences have launched a new competition to identify a second wave of ‘test beds’ that will allow organisations to apply for a share of up to £6 million in funding. The Test Beds programme is a joint programme between NHS England and government. It involves […]

NHS Digital and techUK have outlined their view on the future challenges they need to tackle to accelerate their partnership and they have agreed six main areas to focus on in 2018. These include working with small and medium enterprises so that they might share in NHS and social care business […]

SMEs across four UK regions can compete to join innovative regional digital health accelerators, launched for the first time outside of London to help develop and deploy digital solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing the NHS. The new scheme builds on the success of the London-based DigitalHealth.London […]

NHS Digital is encouraging developers to submit an application for the NHS Apps Library. Developers can submit their applicationss here and then be assessed to see if they meet published criteria. NHS Digital and NHS England are enhancing the Apps Library to make it the go-to place for patients to access safe […]

NHS Digital has announced plans that will see users being able to log into a range of applications and services, integrated with Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), using their NHSmail credentials. The initiative will integrate NHSmail, which uses Microsoft Exchange and Skype for Business to securely share patient information, with […]

Medtech Accelerator, a joint venture with NHS innovation hub Health Enterprise East (HEE), has confirmed the outcome of its second round of funding. Figures reveal that a total of £670,000 has now been awarded by Medtech Accelerator to support innovation projects derived from within the NHS since the launch of […]

LumiraDx Care Solutions and My mHealth have partnered to offer digital self-care to millions of patients with long-term conditions. The initiative will provide an integrated patient and clinician platform, enabling self-care for patients on anticoagulation therapy in addition to those living with COPD, asthma, diabetes and heart disease through a […]

NHS England and NHS Improvement have today announced that Dr Simon Eccles has been appointed as the new Chief Clinical Information Officer for Health and Care to spearhead NHS use of technology and data to drive improvements in patient care. Dr Eccles is a practicing hospital consultant in Emergency Medicine […]