The HTN Now Focus online event series continues, with the next edition specifically on electronic patient records, set to take place 9 December 2021. Join HTN and colleagues for the third edition in the HTN Now Focus series, where we explore the electronic patient record (EPR) programme at Newcastle Hospitals […]
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Interview Series: Royal Cornwall Hospitals team talks website accessibility tips
Our latest Interview Series segment talks to not just one health tech professional but a full panel’s worth. The Web Development team at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust recently joined HTN for a virtual chat about the importance of website accessibility. Royal Cornwall Hospitals was ranked first in the web governance platform […]
Video: Using data to generate insight and interventions across North East and North Cumbria ICS
As part of our HTN Now Focus event on AI, Analytics and Data, we welcomed North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) to share their experiences of using data to generate insight and interventions, and discuss their work around population health management. Joining us for the live chat and webcast was […]
Northamptonshire HCP’s population health learning programme goes live
Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership (HCP) has gone live with its own population health learning programme. One of five systemwide Action Learning Sets (ALS) began this week, bringing leaders and colleagues from across the local Integrated Care System together, along with analytics and finance experts, and Primary Care Network (PCN) teams. […]
New NHS Race & Health Observatory strategy considers technologies and inequalities
The NHS Race & Health Observatory, an independent body which works to identify and tackle ethnic inequalities in health and care, has released a new strategy for the next three years, covering 2021 – 2024. Titled ‘Driving Race Equity in Health and Care’, the document covers a number of areas and […]
Edinburgh study published on ‘surgery selfies’ and infection identification
A study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, which has been published in npj Digital Medicine, has found that ‘surgery selfies’ – smartphone pictures taken of post-surgical wounds by patients, which are then assessed by clinicians – ‘can help with the early identification of infections’. Experts say that, in […]
News in brief: innovations to tackle patient backlog and cancer care, first clinical use of accessible incubator
The snow is falling at HTN HQ, which means it’s a good excuse to wrap up warm, grab a cuppa, stay indoors, and read all about the latest health tech news in our round-up. Last week, the headlines were all about the plans to merge NHS Digital and NHSX into […]
Chief information officers debate EPR challenges and opportunities
Feature by Highland Marketing Digitising hospitals was the focus of NHS IT policy for twenty years. The job is still unfinished: so what are the options for trusts – and the integrated care systems that are planned to take over health tech strategy and funding next April? The Highland Marketing […]
Free digital tool released to help GPs calculate practice carbon footprints
A new free digital tool has been launched to help GPs calculate the carbon footprints and environmental impact of their primary care practices. An online tool, the GP Carbon Calculator, is now available for all UK general practitioners to use and is intended to support practices to reduce their emissions, […]
Digital mental health tech raises £39 million
Ieso Digital has announced that it has secured £39 million in Series B financing, to develop its evidence-based digital therapeutics solutions. The company said the funding will be used to “develop autonomous therapy systems” and hoped to “match the standards of human care delivery”. In the announcement, the company highlighted […]
