The launch of a new £250,000 fund for innovation and digital tools in wound care has been announced, designed to improve outcomes for patients with chronic wounds by supporting widespread adoption of digital wound management in community nursing. Minuteful for Wound by Healthy.io invites applications from innovators in the wound […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn 2024-2030 strategy highlights plans for EPR and ‘digital first new hospital’
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (QEH) has published its new strategy for 2024-2030, with digital and data highlighted as one of nine “essential focus areas”. The strategy sets out an aim to improve care access and efficiency through use of technology and enhancement of overall digital […]
The Reveal: Health Tech Awards 2024 Finalists
Our incredible team of judges have been busy scoring entries in the Health Tech Awards 2024, and we’re now delighted to reveal the finalists! Here, we share details behind each finalist, so you can read about the projects, digital teams and programmes – something we love to do and learn […]
Spotlight on the Darzi Report: industry reactions from leaders across the health sector
Following the publication of the report from Lord Darzi exploring the state of the NHS, HTN sought comments and reactions from a range of stakeholders from across the health and technology sector. We asked for thoughts on the report’s findings and the “missed opportunities” Lord Darzi highlights from analysis of […]
HL7 shares guidance on standards-based AI and ML data lifecycle
Health Level Seven International (HL7) has published guidance on the artificial intelligence and machine learning data lifecycle, intended as an “informative document” to help developers in promoting the use of of standards to “improve the trust and quality of interoperable data used in AI models”. The paper provides a range […]
NICE to develop external assessment group framework for health tech worth £2m
The National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) has published a prior information notice highlighting plans to develop an external assessment group framework, by commissioning groups capable of providing a range of health technology assessment services to support its technology evaluation programmes. The framework is split into three lots, […]
HSE announces online task force for Ireland, and launches cancer elearning programme
Ireland’s minister for health Stephen Donnelly has announced the establishment of an online health taskforce with the aim of developing a public health response to the harms caused to children and young people by certain online activities. The taskforce has reportedly been set up “in recognition of a growing body […]
North London Mental Health Partnership to procure digital risk management and incident reporting system
North London Mental Health Partnership (NLMHP) has shared plans to procure a digital local risk management and incident reporting system, with interested suppliers requested to complete a questionnaire by 18 September. Contextually, the notice highlights how the partnership currently sees Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden […]
Monash IVF goes live with OX.DH’s digital patient onboarding platform
Monash IVF, a fertility service provider in Australia and South East Asia, has launched the digital patient onboarding platform powered by OX.DH’s assisted reproduction (OX.ar) technology, with the expectation that the platform will eliminate the need for around 50,000 paper forms annually. OX.DH, a health tech start-up with links to […]
Lord Darzi’s report on the state of the NHS: digital in focus
The government has published its independent investigation into the NHS in England, following health and social care secretary Wes Streeting’s order of a full independent investigation earlier in the summer with the aim of exposing the “extent of the issues” facing the NHS. Professor Lord Darzi was selected to lead […]
