A team at Nottingham Trent University have pioneered the possibility that robots will perform spinal surgery. The system allows two robotic arms to semi-autonomously drill holes in individual vertebrae and is said to do so with greater accuracy than humanly possible. The drilling is required as part of an operation which […]
Secondary Care
Blackpool Teaching Hospital benefits from in-house system
Blackpool Teaching Hospital has developed an in-house digital system replacing traditional ‘white-boards’ on 38 adult wards. The system digitally captures the patient journey from the point of referral to discharge, providing real time information to standardise clinical practice and improve efficiency within the organisation. Dr Gurkaran Samra said “The user-led need […]
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust goes live with eObservations
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with eObservations using Tap & Go technology from Imprivata. The company said the project was turned around in just 8 weeks and the Trust went live. The solution gives clinicians fast, secure, and auditable access to eObservations, a system that records patient vital […]
Kent and Medway STP benefits from Population Health Management
Kent and Medway STP has used population health management technology from Carnall Farrar to drive savings across the region. Carnall Farrar have utilised advanced analytics and patient-level datasets to segment the population, focus on specific population cohorts of need and create a new integrated and holistic care offer to those […]
Highland Marketing advisory board expands
Highland Marketing has today announced it has welcomed a chair and two new members to its advisory board. The company has added experienced industry advisor Jeremy Nettle, popular digital advocate Andy Kinnear, and leading CIO Cindy Fedell to advise agency and its clients on the effective promotion of health tech. Jeremy […]
UHB signs up 20,000 patients to myhealth@QEHB
Following the launch of myhealth@QEHB in 2012 University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has now seen 20,000 patients register for the platform. Developed by UHB’s in-house Technical Development and Informatics Team, the portal allows Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham patients to remotely access some of the their clinical information held by the Trust, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Neonatal major redesign planned
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced the national roll-out of eRedbook to digitise paper child health records. The measures aim to improve safety, quality and continuity of care to halve stillbirths, maternal and infant deaths and serious brain injuries in new-born babies by 2025. Among other measures […]
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, […]
