NHS Wales has awarded a £15.9 million contract to Citadel Health to support pathology services with new technology. Aiming to create a digital national pathology network, the system will be used to support 21 pathology labs, hospitals, clinics and GP practices with over 35 million test requests each year. NHS […]
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New European initiative to build data platform for neurodegenerative diseases
A new initiative has launched, called the European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases (EPND), to support data and sample sharing for neurodegenerative diseases. Initiatives already in place in this field will be combined to build, grow and develop one platform for storage and analysis of clinical samples and data collections. It’s hoped the […]
Physio platform and GP tool among innovations in latest Yorkshire & Humber AHSN digital accelerator
A physiotherapy platform, a GP tool and a social prescribing management system are among the Yorkshire-based innovations that have been selected for the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network’s (YHAHSN) digital health accelerator programme, Propel@YH. The AHSN, which acts as an innovation arm of the NHS, chose 10 Small-Medium […]
Humber NHS chosen to pilot EPR mental health programme for NHSX
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been selected to pilot an NHSX EPR programme across its digital mental health services. Officially called the ‘EPR Innovator Project for Mental Health and Community Trusts’, the project is part of the organisation’s wider Digital Aspirant Plus (DA+) programme, which includes just seven NHS […]
News in brief: Moorfields’ AI project, new online booking for blood tests, UK Biobank cloud platform
This week has been a busy one for HTN. Not only have we released the second edition of our very own Digital Playbook, which this time focuses on solutions to support Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), but we’ve also covered a variety of stories. Among the headlines have been industry updates […]
Patients set to access new entries in TPP and EMIS health records
From next month, patients will be able to access all new entries in their online health records, if their GP practice use TPP or EMIS IT systems. According to NHS Digital, patients who use online accounts – such as the NHS App – and whose surgery uses TPP, will be […]
Feature: eConsult explains how digital triage can support the NHS backlog
Feature by eConsult As part of our ‘digital first’ focus this month, eConsult, an online triage and remote consultation provider, tells HTN how digital solutions can help with the NHS recovery and specifically how the use of intelligent digital triage across the NHS can support the growing backlog of patients awaiting […]
University Hospitals Sussex signs five-year deal CardMedic app
CardMedic, an app to help healthcare professionals communicate with patients, has signed its first commercial contract, with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. NHS anaesthetist Rachael Grimaldi developed the app during her maternity leave, after reading an article about a COVID-19 patient’s experience of not understanding hospital workers through their PPE. […]
Emergency consultant develops Major Incident App for response coordination
The Major Incident App (MIA), designed by Dr Peter Hulme, an emergency consultant at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, has enabled staff to be contacted during emergencies – even if their phones are placed on silent or ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode. In the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing in […]
RwHealth raises £6.1 million in Series A funding
AI and data specialist RwHealth has announced a successful raise of £6.1m in Series A funding. The company supports over 40 healthcare providers in the UK and internationally, to glean insight and value from data and analytics by utilising the company’s data science platform, through a combination of artificial intelligence, […]
