It’s time for another news in brief, and as usual it has been busy in the health tech community this week! Read on to find out some of the top stories from the past few days… New app to boost staff sharing across Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire A new collaborative […]
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Home health tech platform raises £24.7 million
Home health tech supplier Birdie has raised £24.7 million in Series B funding, taking the total raised by the company to £42.8 million. Focusing on the care industry, the company’s mission is to ‘reinvent home healthcare and empower older generations’ by using its software platform. The tech supports care visits […]
Study published on using social media platforms to encourage health behaviours
A study has been conducted to identify content created by health professionals related to using social media platforms to encourage health behaviours such as receipt of the HPV vaccine in the USA. The study highlights that approximately half of adolescents in the USA do not complete the recommended HPV vaccine series, […]
Digital Health and Care Plan published with focus on EPRs, remote monitoring, patient access and sharing records
A new Plan for Digital Health and Social Care has been published today, supported by £2 billion allocated from the spending review. The plan focuses on the expansion of virtual wards and remote technologies, the national electronic patient records programme, developments to the NHS App, NHS.uk and patients’ access to […]
HTN Now: NHS blueprinting and the national EPR programme
As part of our HTN Now focus on electronic patient records (EPR), we were joined by the central NHS blueprinting team and a panel of digital leaders to discuss the national EPR programme and share how blueprints have supported them. The team included Head of National Operations and Delivery for […]
National Data Guardian shares views on the new health and care data strategy
The government recently released their new data strategy for health and care, “Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data”. We covered the strategy at HTN; click here to read our overview, or here to read industry views we curated. Now, the National Data Guardian Dr Nicola Byrne […]
CLEO Systems to launch electronic prescription solution
CLEO Systems, a primary and urgent care health tech supplier, has announced the launch of an electronic prescription solution (EPS) following a successful pilot with Midlands Partnership Foundation NHS Trust. The company has worked with the trust to complete a first of type pilot to digitise patients’ prescriptions and remove paper, as well as […]
Genomics England opens Diverse Data initiative
Genomics England has opened a call for contributors who want to express their interest in genomic sequencing projects with under-served communities and help address gaps in datasets. Entitled the ‘Diverse Data initiative’, the aim is to minimise inequalities in genomic medicine and address the imbalances in data, with a focus on […]
NHS Property Services publishes green plan with a tech focus
NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has published their Green Plan for 2022-2025, underlining their commitment to reducing its environmental impact and promoting sustainable healthcare now and in the future. Here we will take a look at the Green Plan, focusing in particular on the role of digital and data. The plan […]
University of Manchester launches trial to monitor psychosis digitally
A smartphone app using digital data collection to predict if an individual will relapse into psychosis is set to be trialled across the UK in a £12.5 million study. The remote data collection system was developed by researchers at the University of Manchester. It combines active and passive symptom, emotional, […]
