This week we spotted Samantha Allen, Chief Executive (Designate) for North East and North East Cumbria NHS Integrated Care Board, asking the healthcare community what inclusive leadership means to them, we decided to have a look through some of the answers to explore what leadership really means to people in healthcare. […]
Other News
The Health Tech Awards 2022 deadline is next week…
The deadline to enter the Health Tech Awards 2022 is upon us! You have until midnight 23 June 2022 to enter the awards programme – you can enter your team here. The awards help to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through […]
Nordic nurse-tech provider to launch with pilot at Leeds Teaching
A health tech supplier based in Norway has launched a pilot scheme with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to explore the company’s online knowledge and decision support systems. VAR Healthcare has joined the Innovation Pop Up at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with the aim to enter the NHS tech […]
Search engine tool developed to identify potential liver disease
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has launched a research project with the aim of identifying people with liver disease using a newly developed search engine. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the Predictive Health Intelligence team (a partnership of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust involving clinicians and IT […]
News in Brief: Shuri Network launch new fellowship, new app to support cancer patients, breast screening services get modernised and more
Here is our latest news in brief, and yet again, there has been lots going on in the health tech industry this week! At HTN we’re busy working on our two-day online event taking place 20-21 June, focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change. The deadline is also […]
Join us for HTN Now; Electronic Patient Records, Strategy, Transformation and Change
Join HTN and colleagues for the latest edition of HTN Now, focusing on electronic patient records, strategy, transformation and change, taking place 20 – 21 June. Our two-day online event is nearly upon us, where we bring together health and care teams and suppliers to share innovations, projects, learnings, approaches, and […]
Department of Health and Social Care publishes new data strategy
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a new strategy entitled “Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data”. It sets out the department’s vision for how data will be used to improve care for the population in a safe, trusted and transparent way, providing an […]
Birmingham Community release videos to support children’s speech therapy
The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust service for children’s speech and language therapy (SALT) has released a set of videos to assist clinicians, parents and carers in supporting children’s communication development. The trust say that the provision of video and telephone consultations are part of SALT services “as we […]
Survey: Electronic patient record systems across health and care
For our latest survey as part of the HTN Health Tech Trend Series, we focus on electronic patient record systems and programmes. We would love to hear your organisation’s progress to date, the system you use and how you use it, any detail around your EPR programme that worked well or […]
Alder Hey partners with metaverse specialist to launch virtual twin
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has partnered with metaverse specialist PixelMax to create a new virtual hospital to support children explore the environment and devices, before undergoing treatment. Creating a fully immersive experience, the specialist children’s hospital has introduced the 3D replica of departments to allow users to explore the hospital […]
