A new trial of wearable technologies has opened today for patients with cancer in Greater Manchester. Called, EMBRaCE, (Enhanced Monitoring for Better Recovery and Cancer Experience), the project is a collaboration between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and The University of Manchester. The trial is […]
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New support for ‘digital carers’ in Walsall
Black Country and West Birmingham CCG has launched a new initiative to provide additional support for carers to make use of digital health tools. Working with digital transformation company, Healthwave, who specialise in supporting the uptake of digital tools and inclusion with services, the programme has been developed to support carers […]
In focus: Humber, Coast & Vale ICS releases digital inclusion core principles
Humber, Coast & Vale Integrated Health and Care Partnership has created and released its own set of ‘Digital Inclusion Core Principles’. The short guide is intended to support organisations and health providers within the Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System (ICS), with a checklist to help them when implementing […]
NICE to allow more ‘flexibility’ in evaluation of new health technologies
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) board has approved a number of changes to how medicines and health technologies are evaluated for use in the NHS. The move is expected to signal ‘commitment to greater flexibility’ in the organisation’s evaluation of promising new health technologies and aims […]
CNWL live with EPMA and adopts QR code tech
This month, Central and North West London NHS FT (CNWL) has now gone live with its electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) system across all acute admission mental health wards. The trust has also launched a new project utilising videos and QR code technologies to provide medicines information. The trust […]
News in Brief: Airedale’s digital milestone, BCHC Shared Care Records, DHLondon Accelerator announced
From Shared Care Records developments in Birmingham, through to digital health milestones in Airedale, and international industry announcements – HTN reports on the heartbeat of health technology news, throughout the sector. Our latest news in brief covers AI cancer tools, DigitalHealth.London’s new Accelerator intake, and much more. Dive into to […]
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s trials VR tech
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is trialing virtual reality (VR) technology, with a view to helping reduce anxiety during medical procedures for young people and children. By introducing VR, the trust hopes it will play a role to help make injections ‘less scary’ for patients, and help to […]
IBM sells healthcare data and analytics assets to Francisco Partners
Francisco Partners, a global investment firm, has acquired a selection of tech giants IBM’s healthcare data and analytics assets. The two companies have penned an agreement that will see Francisco Partners snap up a number of data sets and products for its portfolio, including Health Insights, MarketScan, Clinical Development, Social […]
Imperial to create heat map of loneliness in London
Imperial College London’s School of Public Health, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Hammersmith and Fulham Council, are working together on a new project to map loneliness in London. The aim of the work is to ‘highlight the scale of the issue’ and to help better target services. Imperial is […]
HTN Now Awards 2022 – meet the winners!
HTN Now Awards – meet the winners After another fantastic evening at the HTN Now Awards 2022, we wrap up the celebrations by sharing a feature all about the winners. Earlier today, we announced the winning and highly commended entries across all 10 of our awards categories, sharing in the […]
