Welcome to our first news in brief round-up for February. This week has already seen HTN HQ announce the Health Tech Awards 2022 – now open for entries – while, in other news, the Department of Health and Social Care has published a ‘prior information notice’ for its Tech Innovation […]
Other News
Ramsay Health Care goes live with MAXIMS EPR
Ramsay Health Care UK, a private healthcare provider, has now gone live with the MAXIMS Electronic Patient Record (EPR). The two companies have announced the roll-out of the EPR, which is now fully live and operational in all 35 of the Ramsay hospital sites. Ramsay says the move makes it […]
Health Tech Awards 2022 key dates revealed
HTN is delighted to launch the Health Tech Awards 2022 to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference throughout the year. The innovative awards, now in their sixth year, provide a great platform to showcase and share your work. There are […]
Video: The dangers of bias in artificial intelligence and how it adversely affects communities
At our latest HTN Now event, we welcomed David Newey, Deputy Chief Information Officer at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to talk about bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Considering the recent advances in studying and utilising AI within the health and care sector, David discussed a hugely topical issue, […]
DHSC publishes Tech Innovation Framework notice for GP IT
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a ‘prior information notice’ for its Tech Innovation Framework, to advise the market of a forthcoming opportunity for foundation electronic patient record solutions and associated capabilities, for primary care. The new Tech Innovation Framework hopes to ‘encourage innovation’ and ‘news ways of […]
New guides released for NHS video consultations
NHS England has published a new set of video consulting guides – produced by the University of Oxford – to support patients, staff and NHS trusts to implement and embed video consultations. The collection of resources include: an illustrated A4 guide for patients in English; illustrated guides for patients in […]
Humber, Coast and Vale ICS launches online mental health support
Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership has launched a new online support programme to support individuals across the area with their mental health. The ICS has introduced Qwell by Kooth, a free online mental health and emotional wellbeing support service, providing anonymous online counselling that can be accessed anywhere. […]
NHSE shares case study of musculoskeletal video consultations in North Tyneside
NHS England (NHSE) has released a case study which shares the challenges, results and learnings from the implementation of video consultations in the North Tyneside Integrated Musculoskeletal Service (NTIMS). Part of the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the NTIMS delivers physiotherapy rehabilitation and advanced musculoskeletal (MSK) practitioner clinics, acting as […]
In focus: NHSX delivery plan for digital transformation timelines
NHSX has released its ‘Delivery Plan’ for digital transformation within health and care, outlining how the organisation aims to digitise services, as well as connect the NHS and drive transformation. The plan, it states, is intended to describe what’s being commissioned, and ‘what is being delivered when’, to enable frontline […]
Health Education England launches evidence and knowledge portal
Health Education England (HEE) has launched a new online portal this month, to provide NHS staff and others with access to published evidence and research. Called the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, it hopes to connect staff and learners with a wide range of knowledge, evidence, resources, services and databases […]
