Earlier in January Boots UK announced the acquisition of Wiggly-Amps Limited, a health technology company providing solutions that enable patients and their GPs to better manage their prescription needs. Since the acquisition the company has had a name change to Engage Health Systems and we spoke with the MD Witte to […]
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HTN 100: South West Yorkshire, Gogodoc, Sectra and Populo Consulting
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. South West Yorkshire NHS Partnership NHS FT goes live with Restart South West Yorkshire has gone live with Restart Consulting to provide 3,500 health and care professionals with […]
New AI ‘shapeshift’ test identifies women with ‘very high risk’ ovarian cancer
Scientists have developed a new test that scans the shapes of tumour cells to pick out women with especially aggressive ovarian cancer, so treatment can be tailored to their needs. A team at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, created an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that looks for clusters of […]
Draper & Dash, AI Healthcare Data and Analytics firm, secures venture funding to support rapid expansion and rollout of its predictive patient flow platform
Draper & Dash, the healthcare focused data analytics platform that has changed how hospitals and care providers access, understand and work with patient data, has raised £3m in venture funding from Guinness’ EIS Funds. The company’s SaaS-based analytics platform uses advanced data science and machine learning techniques to predict patient […]
Accelerator to Propel Digital Health Innovators
A new programme has been launched across the Yorkshire and Humber, the region’s first digital health accelerator programme. Propel@YH has been set up by Yorkshire & Humber AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) to provide innovative organisations developing digital health solutions with access to a structured course of support and advice aimed at […]
NHS Long Term Plan: Industry Reaction Part Two
HTN asked the Health Tech Industry for their opinion and reaction to the recently published NHS Long Term Plan. Here you can find the reaction below from the second part of our series and you can read Part One by clicking here. Our contributors include: X-on, Orion Health, ReStrart Consulting, RIVIAM, Transforming […]
NHS Long Term Plan: Industry Reaction Part One
The NHS in England has published its much anticipated Long Term Plan with a significant focus on technology. We asked industry leaders for their comment and reaction. Our contributors include: CCube Solutions, InterSystems, Allscripts, Ingenica Solutions, Draper & Dash, Isosec, DrDoctor, System C & Graphnet Care Alliance, Channel 3, FDB, Inhealthcare, […]
NHS Long Term Plan sets tech milestones
Health and care leaders have come together to develop a Long Term Plan to make the NHS fit for the future, and to get the most value for patients out of every pound of taxpayers’ investment. The plan highlights technology as being instrumental in delivering on its ambitions and aims for the […]
First robotic heart surgery a success from 20 miles away
Dr. Tejas Patel, Chairman and Chief Interventional Cardiologist of the Apex Heart Institute at Ahmedabad has performed heart surgery from a distance of 20 miles away. The procedure, which lasted just 15 minutes was to place a stent in the second artery that was clogged, using an internet-enabled robotic arm […]
Tech trial hopes to detect multiple cancers
Cancer Research UK has funded a trial to test whether technology can identify cancers from a patients breath. Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, a Cancer Research UK-funded scientist from the MRC Cancer Unit at the University of Cambridge, is leading the trial “The PAN trial is seeing if you can use a breath test […]
