The digital healthcare consultancy Ideal Health joined us for the final day of the April 2021 HTN Now series to talk about the the importance of change management in digital transformation, in regards to achieving adoption and delivering benefits. Considering what a ‘good’ transformation journey looks like, as well as […]
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AXA and Microsoft to collaborate on new digital healthcare platform
AXA has announced that it is working with Microsoft to build a new, fully integrated digital healthcare platform. The insurance giant said it will aim to simplify healthcare journeys and ’empower’ customers, using the platform to provide a ‘virtual healthcare system’ that is ‘open to all’. By combining AXA’s ‘global […]
Interview Series: Richard Slater and Laura Mumby of Rotherham NHS FT
Mr Richard Slater, Chief Clinical Information Officer, and Laura Mumby, Head of EPR, recently took time out of a jam-packed digital schedule to chat to HTN about Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust’s latest digital initiatives. The South Yorkshire trust had a lot to update us on, including their EPR choices, tips […]
Video: Imprivata on the power of digital identity
For our third April 2021 HTN Now session on day one, we were joined by a trio of presenters to talk about the power of digital identity, its importance of in the modern healthcare environment and the need for a more ‘complete approach’ when managing it. In the blue corner, […]
News in brief: Google to return to patient record tools, NHS Digital signs up with Scandit
Google, NHS Digital, the World Health Organisation…there are some big names in the news pot this week. There’s plenty to catch up on – as well as our HTN Now April 2021 sessions – so use our news bites below to find out the latest developments in the world of […]
Full-size synthetic 3D heart replicas created by researchers at KCL
Researchers from King’s College London (KCL) have been using mathematical techniques and Computed Tomography (CT) images to create 3D replicas of full-size healthy adult hearts. The study is a collaboration between King’s, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Graz in Austria and Liryc – the Electrophysiology […]
Interview Series: Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer at Cornwall NHS
As part of our agenda of events for the April 2021 edition of HTN Now, we spoke to Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer at the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT). Here, the CIO gives us a fresh perspective on the challenges involved with […]
Video: Torbay and South Devon NHS in conversation with HCI about digital partnerships
On day one of our April 2021 HTN Now webinar series, we heard from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and HCI (Health and Care Innovations LLP) about their digital partnership and how their multiple conditions app, CONNECTPlus, fits with the trust’s 2021 transformation strategy. Adel Jones, Director of […]
Interview Series: Professor Cathie Sudlow, Director of the BHF Data Science Centre
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre – a partnership between Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and the BHF – works with partners, including the NHS, to carry out research by utilising health data. Having celebrated its first birthday in January, the centre has recently reported on the […]
Microsoft to acquire Nuance for $19.7 billion
Microsoft is to acquire Nuance, a provider of speech recognition software, for approximately $19.7 billion. The companies today entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 per share, a 23% premium to the closing price of Nuance on Friday, April 9. Mark Benjamin will remain CEO […]
