On 13 April 2021, we open the latest in the HTN Now series; four days of engaging, practical and insightful sessions where we welcome leaders from across health and care to share their work. Across the first three days, we will host 12 live sessions that will cover a range […]
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COVID-19 mental health support programme made free for all
SilverCloud, a digital mental health platform, has launched a new COVID-19 support programme – ‘Space from COVID-19’ – which it has made free and available to everyone in the UK over the age of 18 years, indefinitely. The company hopes to improve access to digital mental health services during the […]
Video: “Innovation and collaboration can help to build a fairer and healthier world”
Highland Marketing and industry partners shared a video message to express their support for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) goals for global health equality, on the latest World Health Day. For the day of international awareness earlier this week, on 7 April 2021, the WHO launched its new campaign to […]
Glasgow’s AI research centre recognised for radiology and pathology
The Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in Digital Diagnostics (iCAIRD) recently won the Innovative Collaboration Award at the 2021 Scotland’s Life Sciences Annual Awards. Hosted virtually at the end of March, the event recognises and celebrates achievements in the life sciences industries – across a broad range of areas, […]
Nationwide call for innovations to support the domiciliary care workforce
Health Education England South West, the West of England Academic Health Science Network and the South West Academic Health Science Network have put out a nationwide call for innovations that can help domiciliary care workers. The challenge – to find proven solutions to assist the workforce – is now open […]
Virtual A&E service at Moorfields Eye Hospital reviewed successful
A study published in the peer reviewed journal, eClinicalMedicine, has highlighted the positive impact of the virtual A&E service provided by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT. The research explored the safety of video-based telemedicine compared to in-person triage in emergency ophthalmology, during COVID-19. Case notes of 404 adults who used the […]
New clinical video service to support epilepsy diagnosis piloted in Scotland
A new secure video service to help streamline epilepsy diagnosis and management has been announced by vCreate – and is already being piloted in Scotland and at select hospitals in England. According to the company, the video sharing service – called vCreate Neuro – has been independently assessed by Information […]
“So much of health is visual” – Peter Hansell, co-founder of ISLA on visual data in healthcare
Peter Hansell, co-founder of ISLA, chatted to HTN about its image sharing platform – which enables patients to safely and securely share health-related photos and video content with their clinicians. With the tagline ‘building the visual component to the healthcare record’, the company has bold ambitions centred around helping empower […]
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT announces roll-out of imaging technology
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced it will roll-out ISLA imaging technology across north west London, following a successful pilot during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams at the hospital, including Dermatology, Burns and Pain Management, worked with health-tech startup ISLA to enable patients to share images of rashes, […]
New green accelerator programme calls for SMEs in West Yorkshire
A new green accelerator programme has been launched today, 7 April 2021, by the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), in a bid to support the NHS’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. The initiative – Propel@YH Net Zero – is calling for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) […]
