Researchers at University College London and start-up Gowerlabs have explored a new form of wearable using brain mapping technology to help understand conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy. The technology uses red and near-infrared light delivered via a wearable cap to generate detailed 3D images of babies’ brain […]
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Six start-ups join PUBLIC accelerator
Six start-ups have joined the GovStart 2020 accelerator programme from venture firm PUBLIC. Following over 100 applications, six early stage companies, Zencity, Coplug, Samurai Labs, Alcuris, TympaHealth and Deployed have been selected. The accelerator selected the organisations based on the potential to scale immediately. The six start-ups include: Alcuris provides an […]
NHS Scotland opens £216 million laboratory information management system tender
NHS National Services Scotland has opened a tender, worth an estimated £216 million, to procure a new single Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). On behalf of all NHS Health Boards in Scotland, the procurement aims to replace existing Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) held at individual Health Boards over the next […]
App to help prevent acute kidney injury and pneumonia offered to trusts
NHS trusts are being offered a free trial of an app aimed to help prevent hospital-acquired acute kidney injury and pneumonia. The Compass app, provides NHS clinical staff with a tool for accurately assessing each patient’s risk of developing the conditions in hospital, so that appropriate action can be taken […]
Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy store and app
Amazon this week has announced the launch of Amazon Pharmacy, a new store on Amazon and App for users to purchase their prescription medications. The company said Amazon Prime members are eligible for free two-day delivery and discounts of up to 80% on medicines and 40% on branded medicines. In July […]
North West clinical trainees staff bank goes live with 6 trusts
A new initiative led by St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with 6 trusts to form a collaborative staff bank to pool their temporary staff and automate shifts for clinical trainees. The North West Doctors in Training Collaborative Staff Bank is being formed to enable up to 35 […]
Brain in Hand receives £800k NHS England & NHS Improvement funding
A digital self-management system to support people who need help remembering things, making decisions, planning, or managing anxiety has been awarded £800,000 in funding. Funded by NHS England & NHS Improvement, Brain in Hand has won a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare award to support digital services for autistic people, […]
Hull University Teaching deploys DXC Technology’s mobile app
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has deployed DXC Technology’s Clinical Aide app to provide staff with mobile access to its electronic patient record. The app provides access to a patient’s allergies, problems, observations, medication, results and other documented information, and is supporting healthcare teams at the hospital access patient records in […]
In Focus: HTN Awards 2020 Part Two
In this article we cover the projects that were announced as highly commended in the Health Tech Awards 2020. HTN would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved! If you missed the evening, you can watch the video announcements here. We would love to hear your thoughts on the awards […]
Video: Transforming to a paper-light environment at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
For HTN Now November we hosted a session with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to explore their journey to digitise patient records. In the session we hear about the implementation and lessons learned from their programme to become paper-light, and we also hear about the digital strategy and plans for […]
