NICE has completed its first assessment using its digital health technologies guidance development standards. The standards are part of a process for new technologies to evaluate if they are clinically effective and offer economic value. The aim of the standards is to make it easier for innovators and commissioners to […]
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New O2 tech to save 1,700 days of ambulance admin time
O2 has announced a new contract with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST). The telecommunications provider will deliver a ‘suite of new technologies’ in an effort to reduce ambulance admin time and improve how digital clinical records are captured for paramedics and other frontline staff. This move […]
Year in review part one: your top 20 HTN articles
In this two-part series, HTN is looking back over the 20 most popular stories we’ve brought to you over the past 12 months. 2020 has brought forth many incredible news stories from the world of healthcare and technological development, here we pick 10 of the most popular: NHSX launches remote […]
HTN Now 13-16 April 2021 The HTN Now health tech tour continues in April, when we bring together the health tech community to share, discuss and collaborate on a variety of topics focused around health tech for the now. During this edition of HTN Now we welcome speakers from across […]
From AI to support colonoscopies to strokes: the diverse applications of AI in healthcare
In September, 42 AI projects joined the NHS AI Lab through its AI in Health and Care Award programme. The programme is run in partnership with the Accelerated Access Collaborative and NHSX, and forms part of the NHS Artificial Intelligence Lab announced by Matt Hancock in 2019. £140m is to be invested […]
One digital front door; revitalise your weight loss programme with ShapeUp4Life
By Solutions 4 Health The association between excess weight and poor outcomes with COVID-19 has led to even greater pressure on public health organisations to deliver successful weight loss programmes; ShapeUp4Life presents an effective solution to this long-standing problem, and now offers digital programmes to support services. The well-established relationship […]
£16m funding for trusts to introduce digital prescribing
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced 16 NHS trusts across England will receive a share of £16 million to introduce electronic prescribing. The funding is being introduced to help trusts replace paper-based systems, with an aim to support the entire NHS become digital for prescribing by 2024. […]
HTN Trends Series: EPR Trends in the UK
By David Kwo, Dr Nick Beard, Dr Fortunato Castillo, Jagdip Grewal, Dr Alec Price-Forbes [i] Trends in electronic patient record systems (EPRs) deployment in UK and US hospitals, where EPRs are used across care-settings, have potentially significant implications for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). What types of EPRs are there? There […]
Interview Series: Joe Frost, Chief Technology Officer, Draper and Dash
In our latest interview we explore data, analytics and modelling with Joe Frost, Chief Technology Officer at healthcare analytics company Draper and Dash. Can you tell me about yourself and your role? I’ve worked in the NHS for around 10 years in various trusts around the northwest of England. I’m […]
UCL researchers publish ‘Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support’ Covid dashboard
Researchers at UCL-led collaboration i-sense, have published a dashboard to collate data on five stages; Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support, with an aim to provide a complete picture of the pandemic. The i-sense COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID RED) collates and presents data from the Office of National Statistics, Public Health […]
