With only 21 days until the next HTN Now event in the series, here we highlight some of the sessions we’re hosting through 14-17 June. Last week we made available 2,000 free passes for any NHS employed professional wishing to attend one event or more. To claim your ticket, please […]
Other News
Google previews AI dermatology assistant tool
Google has released a preview of an artificial intelligence tool it has developed to help identify dermatologic issues. The app is said to help spot skin, hair and nail conditions using the camera on your phone. Following uploading three images, the tool asks the user a series of questions, such as […]
NHS England recommends GP online consultation forms to be available at any time
NHS England (20 May 2021) has released an update to its ‘guidance and standard operating procedures’ publication to recommend that all practices ‘must offer patients online routes to make requests and ask for support through online consultation systems’, at any time. The guidance notes that practices should not limit access […]
Google tackles tuberculosis screening with AI tool
A research paper has been published this week focusing on the use of AI and machine learning to support early detection of pulmonary tuberculosis via chest radiography, following an international study across 10 countries. The deep learning system (DLS) was trained to detect active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), with the study […]
NHS Digital publishes primary care stats on COVID-19 patients for the first time
Statistics about COVID-19 patients in primary care have now been published by NHS Digital, as part of its new ‘Coronavirus as Recorded in Primary Care’ publication. It marks the first time this information – which includes the number of people in England recorded by GPs with either a positive COVID-19 […]
News in brief: new laser tech for liver transplants, ORCHA collaborates on app library
During a week in which NHS England announced the roll-out of 30,000 iPads to support ambulance crews across the country, while Greater Manchester Combined Authority issued a new tender for its GM One Network, health tech has once again been prominent in the headlines. At HTN we’ve also been busy […]
University of Surrey and Vinehealth awarded £1m grant
Vinehealth and University of Surrey have been awarded a £1 million grant to trial a support app for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The grant, from Innovate UK, is to to fund a randomised controlled trial of the cancer companion app, which aims to support patient self-management. Its mobile app supports cancer patients […]
Interview Series: Wes Wright and Andy Wilcox of Imprivata
Digital identity experts, Imprivata, recently joined us for the latest edition of HTN Now – to offer their expertise and experience in a webinar alongside Andy Kinnear, Partnership Director at Ethical Healthcare. HTN spoke to Andy Wilcox, Imprivata’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Wes Wright, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the company, […]
LSE–Lancet Commission on the future of the NHS calls for re-evaluation of digital health
The Lancet and the London School of Economics (LSE) recently published a report on its joint-commission, which was launched to independently evaluate the NHS – focusing on areas such as spending, sustainability, changing health needs, IT and digital technology. Set up in 2018 for the NHS’s 70th anniversary, the commission’s […]
Greater Manchester opens tender for ‘GM One Network’
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), and partner authorities across Greater Manchester, have issued a tender to find a supplier for its ‘GM One Network’, a single active network infrastructure across the region’s public sector sites. GMCA contracted UBDS to undertake a discovery and develop an outline business case for the GM One […]
