NHS Wales has signed a new deal with Microsoft that will provide over 100,000 NHS Wales staff access to Office 365. GPs, consultants, nurses, therapists, paramedics and support staff will all be able to utilise Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Office, Yammer, OneNote and SharePoint as part of the deal. Andrew Griffiths, Director, […]
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Digital lags behind in healthcare: it will take a decade for healthcare services to be fully digital
Research from Deloitte’s Centre for Health Solutions, in a survey of more thank 1,500 clinical staff across the UK has found one in three (35%) healthcare professionals believe it will take at least 10 years before their organisation is paperless and fully digital. The finding cite funding, leadership and interoperability as […]
NHSX completes tech review and sets its mission
In a recent blog published by NHSX ahead of its official launch, the organisation announced it has completed a major review of NHS tech spending, with some programmes to close, merge and some that have naturally come to an end. Over the past few weeks NHSX CEO Matthew Gould has […]
New survey finds slow tech adoption is impacting pharmacy services
A new survey has found that 87% of pharmacists believe the profession has been slow in its adoption of new technology when compared to other sectors. The survey, commissioned by Omnicell UK, also revealed an over-riding consensus that automation within pharmacy could improve both patient and care home services. 80% […]
Sensyne Health partnership to accelerate AI data-driven drug discovery
Sensyne Health, Evotec, OSI and the University of Oxford have created a new partnership called LAB10x to accelerate data-driven drug discovery powered by AI. Evotec SE a global drug discovery and development company, the University of Oxford, Oxford University Innovation Ltd and Oxford Sciences Innovation aim to accelerate the translation […]
McKesson UK acquires medicines management app Echo
Echo the online medication management platform has been acquired by Mckesson. The company who also owns Lloyds Pharmacy has acquired the app as part of the organisation’s new digital healthcare strategy, which is centred around providing more simple, convenient ways for their customers to manage their health online. Catherine McDermott, chief […]
Opinion: Regionalisation is no silver bullet for NHS diagnostic pressures – but it must not fail
Regional approaches to imaging are spreading in the NHS. This will end institutional tribalism, transform peer support, and allow patients to benefit from diagnostic expertise like never before, writes Richard Turner, executive director at Change Healthcare. In the late 1990s, radiology was a very different place. Still analogue, departments relied […]
Telemedicine provider raises over £20m
Zava, one of Europe’s leading digital healthcare and telemedicine providers with over 3 million paid consultations to date has announced $32m in Series A funding. The investment comes ahead of its launch into healthcare systems in Germany, UK and France. Every month almost 100,000 patients access Zava from the UK, […]
Industry View: Best Practice and Lessons Learned
In our final feature as part of HTN Digital Week we asked a handful of providers to share their advice, best practice and lessons learned in digital health. Contributors include: Inhealthcare, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Nova, OLM, InfoFlex and Channel3 Consulting. Bryn Sage, chief executive of Inhealthcare In our […]
Feature: Patient Safety
In our latest feature we highlight two case studies that have improved patient safety. The first from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the second from Hill-Rom. 42% reduction in sepsis mortality through the use of digital technology and integrated decision support at CUH Patients at risk of the […]
