Over the past few years, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) has utilised digital child growth chart data, by integrating its Clinical Workstation Portal with a solution from CCube Solutions. Aneurin Bevan was the first health board within NHS Wales to procure technology from CCube Solutions, as it sought to […]
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New tech platform to tackle eyecare backlogs in Cambridgeshire
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of two trusts currently piloting a new digital optometry platform which aims to help accelerate patient treatment and reduce wait times. It’s hoped that optometrists in Cambridgeshire will be able to use the technology – which has been designed by an NHS […]
Feature: Ideal Health and The Christie analytics case study
As HTN continues to focus on data strategy, we talk to Mark Sulston, a Consultant for Ideal Health, to find out about the health tech company’s recent analytics project with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The Manchester-based trust, which provides cancer care, research, and education, is the largest single site […]
Interview Series: Noel O’Kelly, Clinical Director, Spirit Health
Noel O’Kelly, Clinical Director of Spirit Health, recently sat down for a chat with HTN about all things remote monitoring and the future of digital health. Hi Noel, tell us about your role and career background I’ve been Clinical Director at Spirit for about a year-and-a-half. Previously I was a […]
News in Brief: tender opens for digital nursing data, call for GPs to share remote triage experiences
At HTN this week we’ve covered a range of stories – from a report into interoperable health records and AI research for children’s mental health, through to a health app in Rotherham – but we’re not done yet. Here’s our round-up of the rest of the headlines from across health […]
Video: North East and North Cumbria ICS share their digital strategy
North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS) joined us at one of our HTN Now Focus events last year, sharing insights into how digital innovations and ideas can support ICSs, as the 42 new organisations develop across England and await their formal creation. As their example, the […]
Rotherham health app integrates primary and secondary care services
A patient app in Rotherham is allowing residents to access both primary and secondary care services through one integrated platform. The Rotherham Health App displays both hospital and GP information to service users, via the application, and allows them to access a service directory, self refer, book assessments, and amend […]
Report highlights five recommendations for interoperable health records
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published a new report that focuses on interoperability of health and care records. The document – entitled ‘The Digital Advantage – Realising the benefits of interoperability for health and social care in England’ – highlights five new recommendations needed for a new, […]
Innovate UK fund £7m programme to support UK health tech SMEs with regulation
A new £7 million health tech programme, funded by Innovate UK, has been launched to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with regulation. The Health Technology Regulatory and Innovation Programme has been announced as a joint initiative by CPI and the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), and will help […]
NHSE opens staff awareness sessions on new patient access to GP records
Primary care patients will be able to access new entries in their own GP records from April 2022, with NHS England (NHSE) now opening information and awareness sessions to help staff adapt to the changes. As HTN originally reported in November 2021, patients who use online accounts – such as […]
