ORCHA (the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps) has released an online report that investigates attitudes to digital health across the UK and outlines what this could mean for the NHS. The report, entitled ‘Digital Health in the UK, National Attitudes and Behaviour Research’, surveyed both those […]
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Join us in three weeks for HTN Digital Primary Care
In three weeks’ time we host the first ever HTN Digital Primary Conference 2021, a free to attend, virtual one day conference. HTN has teamed-up with Dr Hussain Gandhi and Dr Andrew Foster, two Nottingham-based GPs, to curate the event, which is taking place on Wednesday 4 August 2021. The […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ to use automation for matching cancer patients with clinical trials
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT and the King’s Health Partners (KHP) Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) are partnering with Inspirata, a cancer informatics and digital pathology provider, to utilise AI automation for matching patients with cancer to early phase clinical trials. KHP ECMC and Guy’s and St Thomas’ will […]
UK Health Data Research Alliance publishes new Green Paper on data use registers standards
The UK Health Data Research Alliance, an alliance of health, care and research organisations convened by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), has released a new Green Paper with recommendations for a data use registers standard. Data use registers act as public records on what data organisations have given access […]
Northamptonshire CCG introduces clinically-led online suicide prevention resource
NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has introduced a new clinically-led online suicide prevention platform to support people with suicidal thoughts. The digital platform, called Togetherall, provides people with access to clinically-led resources, self-guided groups and online forums. The online community is managed by psychology clinicians and can be accessed […]
NHS ORB app ready for user testing
The NHS ORB app is ready for user testing, with a launch to take place across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The user feedback stage forms part of a pilot for a national primary care interface for citizens and individuals to access digital services, and for people and patients to access health […]
Royal Cornwall tops leaderboard for website accessibility
In March 2021, HTN reported on a comparison of NHS trust and CCG websites for usability, including content, accessibility, marketing, mobile, social, speed, and legal compliance. Since our news story, six NHS trust websites have moved into the top 10 in ‘the index’, from Silktide, a company that compares millions of websites. […]
News in Brief: leadership programme for digital nurses, NHS apprenticeships, innovation ‘surgery’
Amid all of last week’s sporting action, HTN hit its own hat-tick of features with a focus on technologies supporting ICSs, including an article on the role of data and analytics, a how-to guide for choosing health tech partners, and a piece on the importance of change management. As for […]
AI tech introduced across Mid and South Essex GP practices
Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership has launched a new campaign and technology solution to raise awareness of skin cancer across the region. Utilising a new service from Skin Analytics, GP practices across mid and south Essex are using artificial intelligence technology via a Dermascope to support decision making […]
Feature: How data and analytics can help ICSs forge better journeys of care
As HTN’s focus on technologies and strategies to support ICSs continues, Graphnet – a supplier of shared care record software and population health solutions – shares a recent, high-profile case study to illustrate the important role that high-quality data and analytics can play going forward… The title of the latest […]
