Patientrack’s electronic observations technology is helping improve nursing clinical workflow in hospitals across the country, where nursing staff agree that the ease of use of the software, together with the support that Patientrack offers, is empowering nurses of all ages to use technology to help improve the patient experience, and […]

Here we highlight some of the news we covered in August. If you have a health tech story please get in touch by email to news@thehtn.co.uk Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announces tech innovations Ripple Foundation launches its showcase stack North West trusts take ‘giant leap’ in connecting […]

Accenture is collaborating with Roche to improve how diabetes care is managed and delivered through the development of a data-driven core analytics platform for Roche’s digital diabetes ecosystem. The platform and ecosystem will seamlessly connect patients, their caregivers, and healthcare providers with a suite of new digital health services. Under […]

Three of the world’s top universities are to deliver the new NHS Digital Academy. Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation, The University of Edinburgh and Harvard Medical School will offer a world-class training programme in change management, leadership and clinical informatics to CIOs, CCIOs and aspiring digital leaders. The NHS Digital […]

NHS Digital has endorsed the Royal College of Nursing’s campaign “Every nurse an e-nurse”, and pledged to play a supporting role in realising the campaign’s ambition. It comes as NHS Digital today launches its first e-nursing week in support of the campaign for a digital-ready workforce. It is estimated that […]

A search for innovations with the ability to transform cancer screening, and facilitate earlier and faster diagnosis is underway. SBRI Healthcare – an NHS England investment fund led by the AHSN Network – invites entrepreneurs to apply for up to £1.1 million investment to develop innovations. Since the early 1990s, […]

Norfolk Recovery Partnership (NRP), the organisation that provides advice and treatment for adults with drug and alcohol problems across Norfolk, has completed a successful trial of Intelligent Fingerprinting’s revolutionary fingerprint-based drug screening system. The NRP drug rehabilitation service, which is run by a partnership of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation […]

 The Health Foundation has selected 21 new projects to be part of the sixth round of its £1.5 million innovation programme, Innovating for Improvement. Innovating for Improvement aims to improve health care delivery and/or the way people manage their own health care through the redesign of processes, practices and services. The […]

NHS Digital this week has welcomed its new chief executive Sarah Wilkinson on her first day in the role. She takes over the reins from Rob Shaw, who has acted as interim chief executive for the last six months and today begins a new role as deputy chief executive. Sarah comes to the […]