The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first guidelines for digital adoption; from paper to digital pathways. It aims to accelerate and ensure consistency of digital health tools, interventions and pathways, starting first with antenatal care. The SMART Guidelines have been produced to support developers, policy makers, technology teams, and […]
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New E-Rostering software to help frontline medics launched
Locums Nest, the provider of a digital workforce solution, has launched a new tool called “Locum’s Nest Rota” that aims to provide scheduling support for frontline medics. The launch follows news from last month, when the Department of Health and Social Care announced £7.5 million in funding to support digital shift scheduling across 38 NHS trusts. This […]
Medway NHS Trust announces EPR choice and go-live timescale
Medway NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Allscripts Sunrise as its EPR (electronic patient record), after announcing that it aims to go-live on the first part of the project later in 2021. The Trust is reportedly the third in Kent to choose Allscripts and plans to go-live with the first phase […]
Remote patient monitoring connects care homes with family doctors in NE London
A remote patient monitoring service is set to be implemented in care homes across north east London, to connect facilities with family doctors. The remote service – called the Inhealthcare Professional app – will support clinicians in identifying patients that may need interventions, while also keeping residents safely at home […]
Health Tech Awards 2021 launched
HTN is delighted to launch the Health Tech Awards 2021 to share and celebrate digital teams, programmes, innovations and health tech suppliers that have made a difference through the year. The innovative awards, now in their fifth year, provide a great platform to showcase and share your work. There are a […]
Mapping tool introduced by NHS South, Central and West CSU for home visits
NHS South, Central and West CSU (SCW) has introduced new mapping and modelling techniques to support housebound patient visits for GPs and nurses in Somerset. The tool went live on 4 February 2021 to help reach as many patients in a day, in the least number of journeys. The CSU […]
Vine Health awarded £1million funding
Vine Health, the company behind a mobile app to support cancer patients, has been awarded a million-pound grant from Innovate UK to help deliver their cancer treatment companion app to four NHS Trusts. The NHS Trusts will take part in four randomised controlled trials with the hope to generate robust evidence that the app will support cancer […]
Health Tech Awards 2021: First group of judges revealed
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2021. Following an open invitation 48 hours ago, we were overwhelmed with the response to support the awards judging process this year. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from […]
University of Edinburgh selects six health tech startups for new AI Accelerator Programme
The University of Edinburgh has announced the 15 startups that have been selected for its new AI Accelerator programme – with six of those innovative companies from the health tech sector. The programme, designed in partnership with Scale Space – a scaling up community and network for innovative businesses – […]
NHS Digital announces improvements to e-Referral Service
NHS Digital has made improvements to the advice function on its NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS), following feedback from clinicians. These changes focus on providing primary care clinicians with ‘an effective tool’ to talk to staff in secondary care settings before making a referral, thereby improving the referral system for patients […]
