umotif, a patient data capture platform, has raised £5 million in a Series A investment round led by existing investor AlbionVC. Its app supports patients monitor themselves through clinical studies, and is typically sold into life sciences companies for patients to submit their data. The app has recently been used […]
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Frimley Park picks EPIC as part of 5 year strategy
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has signed a £108m contract with EPIC for its electronic patient record (EPR). In late 2019, Frimley Health published an ambitious five year strategy, ‘Our future FHFT’, and set out plans for the EPR to be deployed in 2021, along with advancing in other areas of […]
Vine Health app partners with Breast Cancer Haven
Vine Health, the company behind a mobile app to support cancer patients, has partnered with Breast Cancer Haven to provide further resources and information to help cancer patients. In April 2020 the company was announced as one of the winners of TechForce19, a fund to support the roll-out of tech during […]
4 examples of AI in present-day healthcare
Over recent years there has certainly been hype around artificial intelligence and whether the reality of this technology meets those expectations. We tasked our reporter Matt White, as part of our Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, to explore and research four examples of how artificial intelligence is being […]
Northampton partners with Doccla for virtual wards
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust has partnered with Swedish health tech start up, Doccla, to trial virtual wards for vulnerable patients. Doccla, found one year ago, has been developing its technology with the trust to deliver virtual wards supported by wearable and remote monitoring technology. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, NGH […]
Apple releases Covid-19 ‘Exposure Notifications Express’
Apple has released its iOS 13.7 which includes COVID-19 ‘exposure notifications express’, functionality hoped to make it easier for health agencies to join its coronavirus exposure notification system without the need to build an app. Termed ‘exposure notifications express’ is ‘only available when a Public Health Authority (PHA) supports it’, according to Apple and […]
Interview Series: Jonas Hjortshøj, Liva Healthcare
In our latest Interview Series, HTN speak to commercial officer, Jonas Hjortshøj from Liva Healthcare, about the importance of personalised healthcare and the work they have been doing with LloydsPharmacy. Could you tell us about your organisation? Liva Healthcare is an innovative health tech company headquartered in Copenhagen and London. […]
Manchester University NHS FT trials AI wireless monitoring tech
Manchester University NHS FT and The Christie NHS FT have launched a trial of artificial intelligence (AI) wireless monitoring technology hoped to lead to quicker interventions for patients with COVID-19. The pilot study named ‘COSMIC-19’ (COntinious Signs Monitoring In Covid-19 patients) aims to recruit 60 patients who are suspected or […]
NHS England backed app launched to support young people with anxiety
BfB Labs, a leader in video game-based digital therapies, has launched a new mobile game for paediatric anxiety in children aged 7-12 years. The app is being made available through NHS children and young people’s mental health services, schools, and local authorities, particularly in response to support an increase in anxiety levels. […]
NHS Digital announces go live of new GP electronic notifications
EMIS, TPP and pharmacy systems Pinnacle PharmOutcomes and Sonar Informatics, are now live with new functionality that provides electronic notifications to inform GPs when one of their patients receives an urgent supply of medicine from a community pharmacy. NHS Digital has announced the go live of the service that ensures a […]
