Athenahealth has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Veritas Capital for $135 per share in cash. Athenahealth is a leading provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory customers in the States, the sale price of $5.7bn represent a per share purchase price premium of approximately 12 percent over the company’s […]
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DeepMind Streams team to be joining Google
The team behind DeedMind Streams the mobile app that supports doctors and nurses to deliver faster, better care to patients—will be joining Google. Deepmind said “Over the past three years we’ve built a team of experts in what it takes to deploy clinical tools in practice – engineers, clinicians, translational researchers and […]
Start-up aims for 90% accuracy for cancer screening with AI
Lancor Scientific a London-based startup will open a new cancer research laboratory that aims to push for 90% accuracy for cancer screening by utilising AI. The research facility will explore the market viability and roll-out of Lancor Scientific’s patented Tumour Trace OMIS (Opto-magnetic Imaging Spectroscopy) device and the utilisation of AI technology, with […]
More women attend breast screening thanks to success of digital inclusion project
An NHS project using social media to improve health by boosting digital inclusion has led to a 13 per cent increase in first time attendances for breast screening in Stoke-on-Trent over four years. The local initiative saw information about screening posted on Facebook community groups, which empowered and enabled women […]
England’s top doctor calls on NHS to use tech and Skype to cut appointments
NHS England Medical Director, Professor Stephen Powis is calling on the NHS to utilise available tech and innovation to reduce the thousands of unnecessary outpatient appointments carried out every day. In his foreword to the Royal College of Physicians report published last week, Professor Stephen Powis called on trusts and CCGs […]
Innovative healthcare solutions invited to apply for funding
Companies with innovative healthcare solutions are invited to apply for a share of £300,000 Health Innovation Manchester funding. The fund is primarily looking for innovations that enhance mental health or community-based care. Small and medium-sized enterprises with innovations which are either market ready or close to being market ready are […]
HTN Awards 2018 Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners and the highly commended entries in the Health Tech Awards 2018. Catch up on the Awards night by viewing our live feed here and read about the many fantastic projects in our shortlist here. Overall Winner MySunrise App and Royal Cornwall Hospital Digital […]
Enovacom publishes FHIR Whitepaper
Enovacom the provider of innovative healthcare software, enabling the exchange and sharing of patient data has published a white paper on the FHIR interoperability standards. To download the paper please click here. FHIR® has emerged as the new healthcare messaging standard and the white paper discusses the challenges facing the […]
North of England receives £10m government investment for AI and digital pathology
Leeds researchers have been awarded a £10.1m investment from UK Research and Innovation to expand a digital pathology and artificial intelligence programme across the North of England. The successful partnership bid led by the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals embraces a network of nine NHS hospitals, seven universities, […]
Join us LIVE on 7th November
The HTN Awards 2018 will be announced on 7th November from 7pm live on www.thehtn.co.uk and on Twitter using #HTNAwards. We encourage the HTN network to join us on the evening and to get involved! The Awards celebrate health tech and share many projects that are making a real impact to […]
