DigitalHealth.London has announced that applications are open for the latest cohort of its Launchpad Programme, designed to offer support to early-stage innovators looking to launch digital health products and services. The programme is seeking applications for innovations with “high potential to meet current NHS and social care challenges”, with successful […]
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HTN Now: virtual events next week on AI, virtual wards, primary care innovation and eHubs
Next week is shaping up to be a busy one here at HTN, with webinars across 6-8 August taking in topics such as tackling bias in healthcare data and the future of virtual wards. All HTN panel discussions and webinars take place on Microsoft Teams and are free to NHS […]
Engage Consult in first round of assurance for NHS Notify with new features added
Engage Health Systems has announced updates to how Engage Consult, its online and video consultation tool, works with the NHS App. Following a review to map out user journeys and identify required improvements working in collaboration with the NHS App team, Engage has added a new document upload feature to support […]
Flo Health raises over $200m for next phase of growth, achieves unicorn status
Women’s health app Flo Health has raised over $200 million in series C investment from General Atlantic, leading to a total valuation of more than $1 billion and as such marking the start-up’s achievement of unicorn status. The app is described as a tool for preventative care and health education, […]
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trials smart tech to reverse risks of diabetes-related nerve damage
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a trial utilising smart technologies with the aim of reversing the risk of nerve damage in people living with type 2 diabetes. The OCEANIC trial will use technologies including wearable sensors, smart weighing scales and activity trackers, to monitor and share patient […]
British Medical Association sets out vision to rebuild general practice, with push towards public health data model
The British Medical Association (BMA) has shared a “vision to rebuild general practice”, setting out “essential changes that need to happen” in order to achieve sustainability, including moving forward a public health data-driven model and investing in technologies. The BMA places focus on stability, urging the government and NHS England […]
Amazon Web Services invests £8m to fund cloud infrastructure and storage for UK Biobank
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to provide around £8 million for cloud computing storage for UK Biobank, to help ensure that the database “has the cloud infrastructure it needs to securely store and handle” its health data. Described as “a database of in-depth genetic, health and lifestyle information from half […]
Agilio expands to pharmacy with acquisition of e-learning platform Mediapharm
Healthcare operations software provider Agilio has announced the acquisition of specialist pharmacy e-learning business Mediapharm, supplying a training platform for pharmacy staff that enables managers to enrol staff and track performance. The acquisition marks Agilio’s expansion into the pharmacy sector, and aims to support Mediapharm in scaling its offer as […]
NHSE’s July board meeting highlights data around waiting lists, cancer care, mental health and more
NHS England’s board met last week to discuss data insights into the health system’s performance, the implications for digital with regards to the financial state of the NHS, how technology relates to productivity, and more. Key statistics were shared at the board meeting, including a largely consistent rate of A&E […]
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board launches PROMS collection platform
A new digital health assessment platform is to be launched at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Wales over the summer, with the aim of re-shaping how the board collects and utilises patient-reported data. The new Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) collection platform will initially focus on data collected […]
