Jonah Aburrow-Jones, Director of Consulting, Strategy and Digital Maturity of Ideal Health, joined us live for the second session of our HTN Now Focus event on the topic of Digital Integrated Care Systems. Using the slot to look at what can be done practically to help health tech professionals to […]
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NHSX announces 35 projects as part of its new Adoption Fund
NHSX has announced the winners of its new ‘Adoption Fund’ to support 35 projects with a share of £6.5 million in funding. The funding programme was launched to support initiatives covering gastroenterology pathways, musculoskeletal pathways, perioperative pathways, digital inclusion, and cardiology and cardiac surgery. Following 138 applications to the programme, a review panel […]
Leading charities push for national defibrillator database
A group of leading charities and health organisations have launched a new project with an aim to create a new national database of defibrillators. The programme, called ‘The Circuit’, is encouraging people who look after defibrillators in places such as offices, communities, shopping centres, leisure centres, and in public places, […]
4 AI projects to tackle health inequalities supported by £1.4m funding
The NHS AI Lab at NHSX and the Health Foundation have announced four projects to receive a share of £1.4 million in funding. Placing a focus on tackling health inequalities using artificial intelligence (AI), the winners include AI to investigate disparities in maternal health outcomes, and developing standards and guidance […]
Video: Alcidion discuss digital solutions to support ICSs at HTN Now Focus
The first of our seven live sessions on the ‘Digital ICS’ theme at the latest HTN Now Focus, a series of one-day events that feature talks from health tech experts on specific topics, was a presentation by the team from the healthcare informatics company, Alcidion. The panel for the opening […]
Sussex ICS to pilot tech in community diagnostic centres
A pilot of two technologies, Bleepa and CareLocker, has been commissioned by Sussex Integrated Care System, to take place at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH). To act as one of the Community Diagnostic Centres Exemplar sites, Bleepa and CareLocker will be used as the digital infrastructure to facilitate […]
News in brief: suicide prevention tool launched, HDR UK update, AI cancer care project
It’s that time of the week again, when we collect the best of the rest of the recent stories from the world of health tech and health innovation. In this latest edition we have a wide range of headlines, including a new free suicide prevention tool, an AI project to […]
Babylon and Microsoft to collaborate on AI and cloud projects
Babylon Health, the ‘digital first’ health provider, recently announced that it has formed a new partnership with tech giants Microsoft. The collaboration will see the two companies combine to find new opportunities in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud technologies. A release from Babylon stated that […]
Unified Tech Fund launches new investment rounds for cyber and digital social care
The Unified Tech Fund prospectus, a guide which was created to help simplify funding for NHS digital transformation projects and act as a template on how to bid for funds, has launched new investment rounds. NHSX’s prospectus was updated on 18 October 2021 to include a number of new or […]
Skills for Health launches eRostering platform
Skills for Health has today launched its eRostering solution, to support healthcare providers with workforce planning and development practices. The not-for-profit organisation said that, following significant investment, it has developed its new Custom Rostering System (CRS) tool, that is now available for healthcare providers. Adopting an approach of ‘your system, your way’, […]
