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Royal United Hospitals Bath research strategy highlights need to maximise potential of big data analytics
HTN Now panel discussion: extending EPR value through mobility and connected devices
Northampton General Hospital signs 10-year contract for deployment of cloud-based EPR
NHS England shares clinical guidance for automation and functionality of patient portals
Prostate Progress project to support research through combination of clinical data with patient-reported outcomes
Innovate UK funds research project exploring how post-market intelligence can be utilised for safe acceleration of medical device adoption
Lancashire and South Cumbria report highlights shared digital approach for trusts and data work to tackle inequalities
Health Information Bill 2024 “lays foundations” for establishment of Digital Health Record across Ireland
Sanius Health: NHS Waiting Times and Patient Experience Data AI SML Benchmarks
Coventry and Warwickshire ICS shares data on length of stay and waiting list reductions
Think tank Policy Exchange sets out suggested priority actions for Labour’s NHS reform
NHS Humber Health Partnership launches Flow project designed to evaluate and streamline patient journey
Interview: Cheryl Fenwick Evans on data use within Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand
Huma secures $80m and launches Shopify style AI platform for digital healthcare industry
West Herts Hospitals highlights virtual wards for rising almost 100 places in NHS league tables
University Hospitals Birmingham plans digital experience solution
Featured interview: Nick Westall of Athera Healthcare on utilising intelligence in the track and trace space
Poll: which of Labour’s key areas of focus should take priority for the new government?
King’s Speech 2024 outlines planned bills around cyber security and smart data
Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospitals Collaborative secures £88m in funding for EPR programme
University of Huddersfield develops secure threat intelligence sharing platform to protect AI tools from cyber attacks
Telehealth provider chosen for digital prehab trial in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset
Join us for HTN Now: live events exploring key health tech topics including cyber security, EPRs and more
Featured interview: “All it takes is one misconfiguration to make a device vulnerable” Chad Holmes, Cynerio
Leeds Teaching Hospital partners with Newton’s Tree to scale evaluation and implementation of AI
Health and care ministers appointed with responsibility for key areas of NHS transformation
National Network for Innovation In Sport and Health aims to accelerate growth of med tech across Swansea
Black Country ICB shares £354k opportunity for digital inequalities support service
Panel discussion: self-management and the future model of community care
GP Patient Survey 2024 offers key insights into access to GP services and patient experiences
Study highlights limitations of large language models around clinical diagnosis, interpretation of results and integration
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals plans e-Job software
News in brief: MRI and machine learning research to tackle tumour diagnosis, new lab explores how tech can support the elderly, and more
Independent investigation to provide “raw and frank assessment” of the NHS
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB highlights progress on patient empowerment, engagement and inclusion
Norfolk and Waveney opens £1.17 million opportunity for children and young people’s mental health digital offer
South Tyneside and Sunderland innovation report highlights progress on three-year vision
Empowering the flow: exclusive Radiologist interviews show clinicians sharing “my life in flow”
NHS Education for Scotland sustainability strategy and action plan focus on digital first approach
Hammersmith Hospital study finds remote monitoring of heart attack patients less likely to be readmitted
SBRI Healthcare competitions seek innovations around antimicrobial resistance, women’s health, stroke and urgent care
Healthtech-1 raises £2.7 million in seed funding for tech in primary care
Poll: what action is most needed in health and care cyber security in the short term?
NHS England shares impact on appointments and procedures for South East London cyber attack
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals plan £2 million tender for digital histopathology reporting
Progress update on data research from All-Island eHealth Hub for Cancer
Wes Streeting named secretary for health and social care
North East and North Cumbria opens engagement for gamified scenario based cyber security exercise
Feature: remote patient monitoring and revolutionising healthcare with virtual wards
General election, what does it mean for the NHS: Focus on waiting times, timely diagnosis and treatment, innovation, adoption, modernising, a new ‘Fit for the Future’ fund…
NHSE shares update around new GP Connect Update Record functionality
Health Tech Awards 2024: deadline to enter approaching on 9 July!
Sanius Health: An acute NHS provider patient experience trust league table | Unpublished, AI-captured social media listening care experiences data
GOSH explores use of AI for Parkinson’s and deep brain stimulation for epilepsy
HTN Trends Survey: Healthcare Network Management
Digital Health and Care Wales’ organisational strategy 2024-2030: in focus
Norfolk and Waveney ICS shares update on Joint Forward Plan, including data used to map progress
West Yorkshire ICB appoints new chief digital and information officer
Electronic referral service for community opticians launched in Coventry and Warwickshire
Industry view: what does the health tech landscape look like at present?
Join HTN for live webinars over the summer, from getting the most out of your EPR to cyber security strategy
National Data Guardian panel focuses on DSPT, cyber assessment framework and national data opt-out reform
Queen Victoria Hospital awards £495k contract for CDC digital infrastructure
Panel discussion: David Hammond, deputy chief strategy officer at Wirral Community and Julia Lake, associate director for digital (data) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals on bringing data to life
NHS England publishes £4.2m cyber security opportunity
Video game launched to boost recruitment for pharmacy roles at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole and Hull University Teaching Hospitals
Community provider publishes procurement opportunity for AI transcribing software
Interview: “There’s a lot of desire to see digital make a palpable difference to health outcomes in New Zealand” Ryl Jensen, CEO of Digital Health Association
HTN Now: developing a blueprint for an online mental health support programme
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South East
Applications open for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital’s innovation fellowship
Feature: NHS mental health artificial intelligence social media listening | Positive and negative patient experience provider data
Royal Free London clinical strategy highlights plans around population health data, AI in imaging and diagnostics, and more
HIMSS makes recommendations on engagement of diverse communities for system design
Jas Purewal, cyber consultant at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital: “getting board and senior management buy-in has been key”
Planning approval for new digital and net zero hospital in NHS Lanarkshire
Call for increased international investment into AI tech to support suicide prevention
Patient data reportedly published online following cyber attack in London, with significant disruption expected
Interview: “Technology is the central nervous system of a healthcare environment” Aaron Miri, SVP and CDIO at Baptist Health, Florida
HTN is delighted to announce the judges for the Health Tech Awards!
The Christie exploring potential of VR to reduce anxiety for children undergoing radiotherapy
University of Manchester trials remote monitoring system for arthritis patients to submit data to EHR
Primary care sees increase in online/video GP appointments in spring
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals appoints new chief digital transformation officer
Royal Oldham Hospital goes live with digital images for biopsies
Research explores behaviour change techniques for diabetes self-management mobile apps
CCube Solutions expands healthcare portfolio with acquisition of Thomson Screening Solutions
AGFA HealthCare signs deal with Alliance Medical to support 120 sites
Panel discussion: new models of care and pathway transformation
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton launches maternity electronic system
Birmingham Community Healthcare shares plans for becoming “more digitally-enabled and information-driven”
NHS Dumfries & Galloway CEO updates local citizens on cyber attack published data
Digital Health and Care Wales publishes organisational strategy for 2024-2030, highlighting need for “a digital and data revolution”
Annual report for Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative highlights key digital projects and outcomes
MHRA issues new guidance on transparency for machine learning medical devices
Election 2024: what might the upcoming election mean for the future of healthcare and health technology?
Scottish Government commits £3.6 million to Hospital at Home programme
Panel discussion: digital, data and solutions across integrated care systems
HTN Now: Kent and Medway ICS operational control centre – a collaborative approach
Interview: Siuwin Wang, director of business analytics and health information management at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Canada
Innovate UK Launchpad programme offers a share of £500k in funding for innovation in West Yorkshire
Dr Tom Oakley, CEO, Feedback Medical on the future of multi-disciplinary teams
AI skin cancer pilot launched in Tameside and Glossop
Cancer Research UK roadmap focuses on tech innovation, data streams, digital twins and proactive measures
HTN’s interview series: North East London ICB, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, and more
Interview: Sam Hussain, CEO and co-founder of Log my Care, a digital care management platform designed to support efficiency and ease for social care staff
Essex County Council launches £500k tender for digital support for unpaid carers
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: North West
EPR go-live at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire set for 15 June
Empowering the flow: exclusive Radiologist interviews show clinicians sharing “my life in flow”
HTN Now webinars this month: new models of care, pathway transformation, utilising the Microsoft national tenant, and bringing data to life and using data for proactive care
News in brief: HydroBubble device for children with cystic fibrosis in South Warwickshire, Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals transformation programme approval, and more
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust introduces CardMedic
Interview: “The key with any innovation is being open to allowing creativity” Kate Warriner, Alder Hey and Liverpool Heart and Chest
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust goes live with electronic patient record
Leeds Teaching Hospitals shares impact of virtual wards since November launch
Announcing the second group of judges for the Health Tech Awards 2024!
Cambridge University Hospitals consultant awarded funding to explore AI and video to identify gastric cancer
Barnet Enfield and Haringey and Camden & Islington open market engagement for local risk management and incident reporting system
HTN’s health tech tour with international leaders from Canada, Seattle, Bermuda, New Jersey to Belgium
HL7 International and openEHR International consider aligning standards and specifications
Wigan GP utilises digital means to tackle fake medical news
Real-time bed management system launched at Medway Maritime Hospital said to completely change the way the hospital operates
Cyber attack on pathology provider disrupts services at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital
Pilot of recovery support app at Kettering General Hospital leads to 15 percent reduction in post-op calls
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier introduce app to support international nurses
NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB publishes tender for population health management digital solution
Proposed MedTech pathway from NHSE and NICE emphasises need for evidence-based advice and lifecycle approach
Hanley Consulting appoints Dr Keith Grimes as chief digital health officer to support EDATT’s AI launch for primary care
Digital means to support engagement methods in Birmingham and Solihull psychosis study
News in brief: funding for AI in radiotherapy, robotic operations in London, funding for antibody discovery platform and more
Finnish system Oy Apotti Ab partners with uPerform to enhance EHR education and support
Interview: “The digital genie is out of the bottle, there’s no going back” Henrietta Mbeah-Bankas, NHSE, on digital education in the NHS
Barts Health introduces tech to help detect deterioration
Panel discussion: how do you deliver healthcare transformation projects successfully?
Bradford Teaching Hospitals utilises AI solution to support diagnostic accuracy in radiology
Enter the Health Tech Awards 2024 – deadline coming up!
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals’ annual plan for 2024/25 highlights EPR, digital infrastructure and more
Poll: what’s the biggest challenge with interoperability across health and care?
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS stage six validation
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: East of England
Department of Health and Social Care publishes £475k tender for digital skills support in social care
First implementation stage of EPR for Guernsey delayed to 2025
Cheshire and Merseyside ICB highlights potential of tech in empowering patients in Access Improvement Plan
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre expands digital appointment service
Leeds Teaching Hospitals announces first phase of Innovation Village initiative
Oxford University Hospitals publishes tender notice for ophthalmology EMR solution
Announcing the first group of judges for the Health Tech Awards 2024!
Scotland highlights progress made towards digital commitments including investing in cyber security skills and improving connectivity
Panel discussion: adding value to your electronic patient record system
Ireland sets out roadmap in Digital Health Framework for 2024 – 2030
40 suppliers named on NHS SBS digital health advisory framework agreement
Cheshire and Merseyside to launch tender for new telehealth platform
Interview: “Involving Londoners in our work is absolutely key” Joss Palmer, programme director at OneLondon
NHSE board discusses plans to improve productivity with the NHS to “embrace 21st century tech”
Salisbury, Great Western Hospitals and Royal United Hospitals Bath to implement shared EPR
Panel discussion: strategies for empowering a digital workforce and developing workforce technology literacy
HTN Now: How to leverage the Microsoft national tenant and technology from OX.DH for virtual consultations
Poll: what area needs the most support for health tech suppliers to implement their innovations into the NHS?
Featured interview: Ben Farrar of Traka on operational efficiencies for device management in healthcare
North Central London ICB and Islington GP Federation pilot AI and WhatsApp solution for appointment scheduling
Interview: “I think the most important thing is to have that MDT approach and to absolutely have clinical people embedded in your digital teams” – Natalie Hayes, CNIO at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
Mental health charity’s app library offers “trusted apps” for young people
NHSE to incentivise and increase virtual ward use and support front door services and flow through emergency departments
AI and data partnership in North East to support care for diabetic eye disease
Research explores attitudes and experiences around the use of digital mental health technology
Panel discussion: how to take a pragmatic approach to digitising NHS records
Poll: what does your organisation need most to improve patient flow?
Leeds Teaching Hospitals pilots smartphone app for Parkinson’s management
Case Study: Transforming the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine through digital innovation with OX.assisted reproduction
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: Midlands
Digital system for comfort checks shown to “improve quality” of end-of-life care at University Hospitals Sussex
Interview: “The multidisciplinary team approach has always been valued in healthcare, but I think it’s never been more important”, Sonam Vadera, speciality registrar in clinical radiology and fellow in clinical AI
FDA qualifies Apple Watch’s AFib history feature to be used in clinical studies
Help judge the esteemed Health Tech Awards!
Scottish Care in the Digital Age outlines delivery plans for 2024/25
MHRA launches AI Airlock regulatory sandbox to help identify challenges for regulating AI medical devices
NHS England Cancer Programme update for Spring 2024 highlights innovations and new technologies across early diagnosis, treatment, and performance
DHC Group announces acquisition of ECG On-Demand
NHS trusts join national innovation support scheme focusing on testing innovations
General practice guidance from NHS England focuses on using data to manage variation in demand and capacity
Interview: “the ICB will give you the ability to build design squads, and user researchers that work across the ICB” Ian Roddis, director of digital, data and technology at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Health Innovation Manchester publishes three-year strategy focusing on accelerating access to innovations and optimising digital and data products to develop new models and pathways
International news-in-brief: AI for clinical note taking, HIMSS digital maturity validations, women’s health tech accelerator and more
£48 million announced to fund capabilities relating to digital pathways, demand and capacity tools for ICBs
Airedale General Hospital goes live with geospatial system for RAAC management
NHS Dorset ICB App Library sees 5,400 app recommendations made
Moray health data pilot project focuses on citizen data ownership and a proactive approach to early intervention
Interview: “What’s come out in all of the research that I’ve done is the convenience factor” Helen Atherton, professor of primary care research at the University of Southampton
ICBs to pilot new ways of optimising primary care and further deliver on the Fuller Stocktake vision
Patient communication and engagement learnings from across health and care
News in brief: EPR expertise contracts, competition for research centres, insight hub in Nottinghamshire, and more
Panel discussion: considerations, approaches and learnings for healthcare cloud strategies
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust launches pilot utilising tech to reduce ward noise levels
South West Yorkshire Partnership and Leeds Beckett collaborate to digitise ADHD and autism service
Interview: Alcidion’s chief medical officer Paul Deffley and healthcare consultant Amanda Thornton on success with patient flow
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust launches new digital data centre
HTN Now in May: live discussions on empowering the digital workforce to adding value to your EPR
NHS National Services Scotland to adopt cloud workflow solution across all GP practices
Feature: navigating the challenges of patient flow in clinical settings
North East London NHS Foundation Trust deploys e-discharge module to support virtual ward delivery
Two new EPR functionalities deployed at Medway Hospital
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Digital Vision 2024 sets out initiatives including new shared care record
SBRI Healthcare awards £3.2m to 22 innovations designed to “improve care and accelerate a greener NHS”
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: South West
“If we are always successful then I’d argue we’re not being innovative at all”: panel discussion on international digital healthcare development
Cynerio and IT Health on securing patient data for safer care
North Bristol NHS Trust holds ‘green operating day’ including use of tech to minimise carbon footprint
Panel discussion: supporting the NHS workforce with digital skills and digital careers
Interview: “The impact starts with small transformations” Inderpal Kohli, VP and CIO at Englewood Hospital, New Jersey
Digital Health and Care Wales to move to cloud pathology platform
Interview: “Transformation is people, process and technology” Stephen Bromhall, CDIO at East of England Ambulance Service
West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership launches website for eye health
NHS Medway clinical strategy highlights digital and data plans including frailty virtual ward and electronic pharmacy systems
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for EPR implementation support
Explore HTN International with us, including our first virtual panel discussion on global digital healthcare
Scotland’s Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029 highlights need for “secure, scalable digital infrastructure”
Royal Sussex County Hospital launches Health Information Point pilot
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton holds ‘Paper2Pixels’ events to streamline digitisation of paper records
Panel discussion: the future of patient portals – “the decisions in design and technology implementation we take now, will critically impact the future of healthcare delivery”
News in brief: ICS forms single point of access for talking therapies, chatbot supports new parents in Greater Manchester, and more
Chemotherapy patients at Royal Free offered “immersive calming visuals” with VR headsets
Barnsley Hospital launches smartphone app offering animated tour for children having surgery
Studio engages with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Wellbeing Hub for “truthful representation” of psychosis in game
Teledermatology pilot at Barts Health leads to reduction in skin cancer waiting list
Digital transformation from a finance perspective: insights from Jonathan Lee, assistant director for business and finance at Digital Notts
Feature: using WiFi and bedside infrastructure to turbocharge innovation
NHSE webinar to support suppliers with new Carbon Reduction Plan requirements
Panel discussion: engaging your board and workforce with digital buy-in
MyOpNotes awarded Innovate UK funding to support integration of technology into the NHS
Panel discussion: how to confidently deliver remote care at scale
Golden Jubilee University National Hospital introduces new accessibility tool across clinical services
DHSC updates on medtech strategy progress, including work around adoption, infrastructure and more
“We are seeing general practice telephone queue times halving within six months” Max Gattlin and Sharon Hanley of Hanley Consulting
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: North East and Yorkshire
Log my Care announces additional £3m in funding to expand presence in home care
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for EPR
Welsh Ambulance Service tests use of delivering defibrillators via drone
Interview: Peter Kelly, Cynerio’s global head of customer success, on the need to think about cyber security differently
Sussex ICS launches digital discharge planner to improve information sharing across teams
Microsoft AI to launch new AI hub in London
NHSE shares aim to create a single source of truth for community health services in new data plan
Applications open for latest round of NHS Cancer Programme Innovation Open Call for earlier cancer detection
Featured interview: Stefan Chetty of Restore Records Management on the benefits of digitisation and wider management of records
Patient portal goes live across pilot specialties at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
NHS rolls out “artificial pancreas” tech for diabetes patients following “successful” pilot scheme
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICS launches digital pilot to support COPD patients in their own homes
Sussex Health and Care shares update on digital progress from the past year
NHSE on developing an infrastructure strategy highlights need to support “modern, digitally enabled patient care pathways”
Completion of study exploring how technology can help monitor early stage dementia
Interview: “To be able to predict and understand where we’ll get the best impact for people is gold” Deborah El-Sayed, director of transformation and CDIO at BNSSG ICB
News in brief: NHS Dorset seeks digital engagement volunteers, audio guides in the South West, green schemes in Hertfordshire and London
NHSE guidance on access to diagnostics on virtual wards recommends priority tests, measures and assessments
Lincolnshire Partnership launches Virtual Autism Hub with up to £100,000 in grants for autism support groups
92 percent of GP practices in England have cloud-based telephony in place, says NHSE
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust moves to CCube Cloud
NHSE priorities and operational guidance for 2024/25 emphasises need for “strong digital foundations”
Pilot scheme trials VR training for medical students at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals
HTN Now: optimising referral management with NEC Rego
Join HTN for webinars in April: engaging your board and workforce with buy-in, the future of patient portals, and more
Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System implements digital feedback platform
NHSE board highlights planned development of digital workforce plan, digital maturity as a priority, and more
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: London
Plans for increased digitalisation highlighted in South East London ICS estates and infrastructure strategy
North London Mental Health Partnership announces move to single EPR
NHS Education for Scotland shares plans to update digital platform and review existing architecture
“User experience and operational improvements” CCube on key EDMS objectives
North West Anglia FT shares A&E attendances, inpatient and outpatient appointments across its ICS
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for dental patient management software service
Cardiff and Vale Health Board opens workforce electronic system tender
Ambulance services report highlights need to be “better prepared for the emerging impacts of advancing technologies”
NICE publishes early guidance assessment for three technologies to manage symptoms of psychosis and prevent relapse in adults and young people
Online guide from NHS Providers to serve as roadmap for tackling health inequalities
Tech to support social care: expansion of 4D imaging to detect falls, medicine monitoring system and more
Interview: Wendy Blumenow on the benefits of the Isla remote monitoring platform at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Trust
Panel discussion: What will the CIO role look like in 5-10 years?
DHSC publishes prior information notice for interoperability architecture to support social care data sharing
Health tech supplier announces ground-breaking strides in transforming primary care through technology
HTN Now: Ideal Health on assessing digital maturity and building digital maturity roadmaps
News in brief: anxiety app for children in Gloucestershire, mental health support website in Portsmouth, ‘DadPad’ app in Coventry, and more
Hywel Dda Local University Health Board publishes £75m tender for long-term digital transformation partner
Interview: “A digital nurse is still a nurse at heart” Jessie Dhaliwal, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Google Cloud announces updates to solutions to support interoperability, data foundations and gen AI
HTN Now: OX.DH on how technology in fertility clinics can transform care
NHS Dumfries and Galloway experiences “focused and ongoing” cyber attack
New systems introduced through digital transformation programme at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Poll: Five years from now, how many GP clinical system suppliers do you think there will be?
Interview: Victoria Betton, PeopleDotCom, on the importance of people-centred design for digital transformation
Open opportunity for advice and training to tackle digital exclusion in North East Derbyshire
Universal Care Plan for London expands to include people with sickle cell disease
NHS England plans to roll out AI to help reduce non-attendance
HTN Now: NW London’s digital access e-hub for consultations with the NHS England Blueprinting Programme
Over 40 HTN Now online webinars planned for 2024
Interview: Doron Dreyer, Cynerio, on the opportunities and challenges of cyber security in the NHS
London independent hospital signs contract for web-based EPR
SBRI Healthcare and the Health Innovation Network award £885,000 to nine innovations around young people’s health
HTN at Rewired 2024: what does the future hold for the NHS App?
HTN at Rewired 2024: managing cyber threats, supplier compliance, supporting supply chain resilience
HTN at Rewired 2024: what have we learned from virtual wards?
Department of Health and Social Care shares recommendations to support equity in medical devices
Norfolk and Waveney ICB among eight organisations joining InSites innovation programme
Feature: overcoming the implementation challenges of the data security and protection toolkit
NHSE shares update on metrics for urgent and emergency care capital incentive scheme
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust opens early engagement for digital tech for clinical management of low back pain
Interview: “It’s about opening up opportunities to get to the grassroots and bring people on that journey with us” Sarah Hanbridge, CCIO at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Birmingham and Solihull ICS strategy highlights central role of data in service design
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare pilots VR tech to support staff wellbeing
Feature: adding intelligence to data capture
Study explores potential for 999 calls to be “video live streamed” to aid response decision-making
Novari: Supporting the UK government’s ambitious spring budget productivity plans and reducing NHS waiting times
Dr Dan Bunstone on utilising digital tech for a population health management approach to hypertension
Cynerio launches enhanced Healthcare Cybersecurity Platform
University Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust announces EPR supplier
Panel discussion: how can digital help us to bridge the gender health gap?
UnitedHealth targets mid-March to restore Change Healthcare systems following ransomware group cyber attack
Digital Health and Care Wales 2024-2027 primary care strategy commits to building connectivity and research capability
Teledermatology service supporting waiting list reductions in Cornwall
Royal Devon University Healthcare moves to ‘digital by default’ approach for outpatient letters
HTN Now: Think Healthcare on the journey of NHS cloud telephony from transition to transformation
HTN at HETT North 2024: tackling AI risks and tips for virtual care
Government announces budget for long term growth including funding for NHS digital transformation
Featured interview: “We don’t believe there is such a thing as digital or physical healthcare; it’s just healthcare” Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, COO at Livi
North Staffordshire Combined launches patient app with ability to connect personal tech and smartwatches data
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves HIMSS Stage 7
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital strategy highlights plans for digital and data to streamline operations
Central and North West London NHS awards contract for digital neurodevelopment assessments
HTN Now: automation in primary care processes with Healthtech-1
NHSE leadership competency framework highlights need to recognise and champion digital, data and tech
Data linkage, app development and a rare disease prevalence tool: exploring the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2024 report
2024/25 GP contract places focus on role of data from digital telephony systems
Panel discussion: digital primary care “Small incremental steps will lead to bigger and better changes”
News in brief: VR app for blood transfusion training, cyber security e-learning, online kidney donor education, and more
Research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes seeks applications for £15,000 awards for local innovators
NHSE publishes guidance on network segmentation for cyber security
Featured interview: Luscii and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on virtual wards for acute settings
University of Leeds researcher develops AI device designed to predict acute kidney injury
Panel discussion: driving patient outcomes through health tech “It’s about working with patients to work with demand”
North East and North Cumbria ICS pledges to adopt analytics-driven approach in draft innovation strategy
Elsevier launches “heart education experience in spatial computing” tool
22 NHS trusts receive funding for sickle cell tech in South East London
HTN Now: learnings and insights from the virtual COPD service at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk and Waveney ICS plans new repeat prescription service for digitally excluded patients
Promptly Health secures £11m NHS Wales contract to manage national patient-centred outcomes data
GP Connect integrated at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Pilot projects in Buckinghamshire to further develop community diagnostic centre care pathways
Seer data platform in Scotland expands to utilise cloud tech
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS selects EPR
NHSE stats indicate three ICBs met virtual ward target for 2023
Health tech for Parkinson’s: NHSE rolls out automatic pump and app receives funding for second phase
Join us on 27 Feb for webinars sharing insights on digital primary care
Panel discussion: achieving long-term outcomes with digital workforce systems
Scottish dementia strategy highlights role of digital and data in creating “resilient communities”, educating carers, and promoting inclusion
Humber Teaching updates on virtual ward usage, and common reason for referral
NHSE highlights data monitoring and evaluation in SAMEDAY strategy
Digital Health and Care Wales signals 2024-2030 objectives for digital across infrastructure, research, workforce and more
Health tech international leaders to join HTN’s international event
Interview: “We need to push for more collaborative working” Dr Osman Bhatti, GP and CCIO at North East London ICB
Crown Commercial Service opens G-Cloud 14 framework
Calderdale and Huddersfield goes live on NPIC digital pathology platform
Digital Academy launched in North London offering digital skills training to staff
Poll: where should digital investment go in the short term?
Feature: making virtual wards a success
Digital Health and Care Wales seeks to procure £1.4 million medicines information solution and drugs tool
Key regulators asked to share update on AI strategy by April 2024
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals virtual wards supports A&E performance
Humber Teaching NHS plans redesign of mental health crisis referral pathways
£10m funding from DHSC to support health tech companies in bringing innovations to UK market
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS announces introduction of patient engagement portal
South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub receives Google investment in health tech research and training
Thermometer app from Google utilises infrared sensor to allow users to take temperature using their phone
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital goes live with shared care record
NHS Supply Chain launches Medical Technology Dynamic Purchasing System to “accelerate new innovation products into the NHS”
£1m in funding from NHSE for seven trusts through the Wireless Trials programme
Three new trusts join London Care Record
Lilli announces £8.2m in Series A financing to support scale-up, AI and new app
Bolton NHS FT pilots animated videos to help patients understand breast cancer treatment
Patient portal to launch at George Eliot Hospital
Health Tech Awards 2024 launched!
Two suppliers on Tech Innovation Framework on track to go live within general practice
Bupa Ventures Fund launches with $20m to support healthcare innovation start-ups
Jersey publishes report on EPR programme outlining challenges around engagement and benefits identification
NHS App and website to help “make the system simpler” in plan to recover dentistry
News in brief: thoracic robotic surgery virtual observership programme at Guy’s and St Thomas’, two new UK Approved Bodies for medical device certification, trials for sobriety app and stroke treatment, and more
Predictive modelling, data dashboards and early warning systems feature in strategic data themes from Somerset NHS
Legacy information systems: approaches from across the NHS
Feature: insights and best practice in navigating digital transformation
Calderdale Council awards £130k contract for digital platform to support family hubs
Government shares plans for regulatory work around AI including plans to launch AI risk “single source of truth”
Virtual ward and hospital stay compared for length of stay and cost effectiveness
Feature: “Systems are changing all the time”, BridgeHead Software’s John McCann on tackling legacy systems
SBRI Healthcare awards £4.9m in innovation funding across learning disability and maternity care
South West London ICB shares findings and recommendations from digital otoscopy pilot
Re-wiring hospitals, data-sharing and remote monitoring feature in strategy from University Hospitals of Leicester
White paper: Optimising patient records in the NHS, how innovation can help optimise the experience
Study suggests linking whole genome sequencing and clinical data could help personalise cancer care
Virtual reality used to support sepsis identification at Great Western Hospitals
NHSE board explores digital portfolio with focus on FDP, primary care, NHS App and more
Cloud services playing significant role in Microsoft’s reported $62 billion revenue
EMIS announces active rollout to begin for EMIS-X functionality
2024-2030 strategy from Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board focuses on data-driven decision-making
£1.99m contract awarded for technical services to support NHS Digital Staff Passport development
News in brief: upgraded catheterisation lab in Birmingham, sight loss e-learning in Shropshire, virtual ward update from Cornwall, and more
NHS National Services Scotland plans “once for Scotland” digital heart failure system
New round of funding announced for Innovation Open Call from NHS Cancer Programme
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB updates on digital progress for care homes
North Cumbria Integrated Care launches 2024-2029 strategy, highlighting need to increase digital connectivity
Journal explores impact of primary to secondary care data sharing on quality of care in NHS hospitals
Hertfordshire SEND Improvement Plan highlights developments in data and dashboards to prioritise services
Interview: “Machine learning can help us re-conquer compassion and humanisation of healthcare” Ricardo Baptista Leite, HealthAI and UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health
National roll-out for NHS App waiting times feature
Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces winning FemTech companies
Strategy for hybrid closed loop tech recognises it as “next step in evolution of diabetes technology”
NHS Education for Scotland announces e-Pad, enabling “paperless placements” for nursing students
Panel discussion: building a great digital team “It’s about bringing people from different backgrounds and from different disciplines together”
Guiding pathway principles and gold standard case studies from NHSE on technology enabled care referrals
Great Western Hospitals digital strategy places focus on access, infrastructure, applications, information and digital literacy
10 successful applicants announced for Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre health tech accelerator
HTN Now Awards 2023/24: meet the winners!
HTN International: exploring digital health in Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Portugal and more
AI in research: proposals for informed consent, ChatGPT in diagnosis and treatment, and recommendations for tackling disparities
Welsh Nursing Care Record upgraded to single national database
Sciensus acquires patient app and physician support platform Vinehealth
Engagement invited on new draft primary care strategy launched in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
NHS England £16 million opportunity for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
HTN Now: Delivering innovative new models in community healthcare
GOSH joins consortium of children’s hospitals to collaborate on decentralised data ecosystem
Digital-first provider Livi launches “all-in-one primary care solution”
Northumbria Healthcare’s action plan to tackle climate change shares “digital by default” target
Headset and behaviour training app offered as depression treatment option in Northamptonshire
£7.5m in grant funding from Innovate UK for development of virtual regulation networks
News in brief: data survey launched in Norfolk, remote monitoring in Bedfordshire, digital fair in the Midlands, and more
UK National Screening Committee says digital pathology can support quality assurance and flexibility for pathologists
Care platform connecting over 1k patients with clinical team at Northumbria Healthcare
23 suppliers named on NHS SBS framework agreement for audio visual solutions and integrated operating theatres
Digital platform to link recently-retired consultants with providers in need
Poll: which area should be the 2024 priority for an ICS and digital across a system?
NHS Supply Chain issues £500 million contract notice for MedTech dynamic purchasing system agreement
Study into training around remote services highlights value of “on-the-job” experience
Thought leadership: the digital landscape for PCNs and practice managers
Readiness Dashboard performs self-automated checks on defibrillators at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh
£98k contract awarded for review of London’s virtual wards and remote monitoring programme
Interview: Eleanor Rollason and Chris Tack, Channel 3 Consulting; How NHS organisations and ICSs can better deliver value through digital
HTN Now: Panel on digital transformation, successes, challenges and learnings…
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre launches new digital strategy emphasising digital foundations, patient and staff empowerment, and better use of data
30 South West GP practices to utilise AI tool to help identify vulnerable patients at risk of ED admission
First annual review for Digital Medicines Transformation Portfolio in Wales
The Reveal: HTN Now Awards Finalists
Interview: “It’s time we brought IT innovation into the NHS”, GP and NHSE deputy chief medical information officer Dr Rajkumar A Shanmugam
MHRA regulatory roadmap to support access to medical tech shares plans for 2024-2025
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership issues prior information notice for digital therapy programme
Data reviews and targeted services take focus in strategy from Cambridge University Hospitals
Interview: “Involve everybody”, Clare Gallagher, project manager for social prescribing, Digital First at NHS North West London ICB
Mid and South Essex NHS FT chief exec Matthew Hopkins on implementing a system-wide EPR, investing in foundational tech, and more
Scotland Excel opens £25 million technology enabled care goods framework for 32 local authorities
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s publishes tender for EPR integration and data migration services
November virtual ward data: capacity and occupancy across ICBs
Cambridge University Hospital launches learning platform uPerform to support staff training
News in brief: portable virtual radiotherapy system in Tayside, digital tech for COPD, research for speech recognition tech, and more
AI platform Sanius Health and primary care provider Modality Partnership announce £225m deal
VR tech to support psychosis patients demonstrates positive findings in Early Value Assessment
Electrocardiographic imaging vest developed by UCL and Royal Free researchers supports 800 patients
Lincolnshire Community Health Services shares virtual ward approach and benefits
NHS Scotland’s chief data officer on the “transformative power of data and AI”
Interview: “A big focus has been around creating and embedding a digital culture of change” Aislinn Gannon, Ireland’s Health Service Executive
£5 million award for non-clinical decision support software for NHS 111 Wales
Roadmap for “better adult social care data” from DHSC highlights planned actions for 2024 – 2028
Surrey Heartlands ICS awards contract for virtual care digital platform solution
West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts annual report highlights key role of tech in delivering improvements across the region
Digital transformation priorities for 2024 and beyond, from across the NHS
Deep dive: innovation strategies, innovation pathways, and adopting a culture of innovation
North Lancashire and South Cumbria pilots AI and teledermoscopy tech
NHS England update on planning for 2024/25 reinforces key requirements
Healthcare Improvement Scotland announces new app-based service to support decision-making
News in brief: virtual tours for patients with additional needs at Solent NHS, miniature pacemaker implanted in Southampton, and more
Reflections from across the NHS: Primary care access, patient portals, EPRs, optimisation, data, emerging tech, digital inclusion and more…
Leeds Teaching Hospitals introduces 3D heart replicas to support surgical interventions
Eight community pharmacy suppliers awarded grants to develop electronic prescription service in Wales
HTN Now: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals on the implementation of an integrated referral management platform
29 suppliers named in NHS SBS £250m framework for intelligent automation
Digital dashboard helping to analyse data on research activity in Newcastle
Interview: Sarah Andersen, GP, on digital in primary care and sustainable digital transformation
Focus on improving core systems and patient empowerment in new digital strategy from Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT
Trial of powered biopsy device at Clatterbridge leads to “measurable benefits for patients”
Digital Health and Care Wales opens £20m NHS Wales App opportunity for agile product delivery partner in digital services
Study launches to explore AI bone analysis tool for predicting patients’ risk of osteoporosis
NHS vaccination strategy highlights role of digital services, national data record and NHS App in promoting access, uptake and delivery
Milton Keynes University Hospital goes live with inicio’s new mPage for jaundice
HTN Now: NHS Blueprinting team and Humber and North Yorkshire on Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System roll-out
Buckinghamshire Healthcare launches new patient portal via NHS App
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Go Green, Go Digital week
iPLATO digital framework to support patient recruitment for national cancer trial
Tech to support falls prevention piloted by Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals announces joint chief digital officer role with Liverpool Women’s
Royal College of Midwives calls for Scotland’s IT systems to be made more “neurodiverse friendly”
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire utilises AI process mining tool to improve processes
£1.28m AI upgrade to radiology training facilities at University Hospitals of North Midlands
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust awards contract for patient portal
South Tees agrees eight-year extension for EPR and ePMA contract
Northampton General Hospital announces preferred EPR supplier
NHS contract awarded to scale up virtual wards across West Yorkshire ICB