By Phil McSweeney, Executive Chair, PatientSource Research published by Imperial College Institute of Global Health Innovation last week revealed just how widespread and potentially dangerous the interoperability of electronic medical records (EMR) is in the NHS. It demonstrates an over-reliance of archaic systems that don’t support the cross organisational and […]
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Wessex Heartbeat funds 3D printing program to improve heart surgery for children
A heart charity in Hampshire, Wessex Heartbeat, has funded a program to transform the way heart surgery is performed at the University of Southampton NHS FT. It will allow surgeons to get an accurate 3D printed model of a patient’s heart before surgery, to provide additional insight and improving peace […]
Feature Series: #HealthTechToShoutAbout
Over the past few months we have been speaking with NHS providers and suppliers, hearing about their case studies and success stories in 2019. In this new #HealthTechToShoutAbout Feature Series we highlight 6 health tech projects that have made an impact across health and care. Please click on an image […]
PinPoint raises £1m to fund AI cancer detection tech
PinPoint a startup that is developing a test aiming to quickly ‘rule out’ cancer from using a blood sample has raised £1 million in funding from the Angel Investment Network. The company is developing its test using AI/Machine Learning with an aim to rapidly ‘rule out’ or detect cancer from […]
Q&A with Highland Marketing and Experiential HealthTech
In March specialist health tech agency Highland Marketing and independent health tech consultancy Experiential HealthTech launched a collaboration, including end to end advisory, market analysis, competitive intelligence, marketing and PR services. Earlier this year, Chief executive Mark Venables and consultant Andrena Logue sat down to discuss how the alliance has developed and […]
Amazon and NHS deal concerning says Privacy International
Privacy International, a UK based charity, following a series of FOI requests has suggested concerning information in the Department of Health and Social Care contract with Amazon, regarding the use of NHS content Alexa. The organisation has also called for transparency, with details of the contract redacted. In July a […]
10 projects announced in Scotland Government CivTech Accelerator
The Scottish Government has announced 10 new projects as part of their CivTech Accelerator programme. CivTech was set up in 2016 and has since delivered three years of support for innovations. The 14 companies joined the Accelerator programme last month to tackle 10 challenges listed below. Derek Mackay, Economy Secretary said “I […]
Feature: 7 examples of tech making a difference across health and care
As part of the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, we researched a variety of health tech projects making a difference across health and care and have included the projects and learnings in this article. [8 minute read] Southampton digitises ward rounds University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust inhouse team has […]
Cerner picks AWS as its preferred cloud and machine learning provider
At the 2019 Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent in Las Vegas, Cerner CEO and Chairman of the Board Brent Shafer announced the corporations plans with Amazon Web Services. Cerner has selected AWS as its preferred cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) provider. Shafer said to the audience “For […]
London charity picks PatientSource
A London based charity, The Brandon Centre has chosen PatientSource for its electronic patient record. The software will enable the charity to move away from paper and digitise the delivery of its sexual health, mental health, healthy living and parenting services. The charity will be the first customer for PatientSource in […]
