Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland has launched a pilot using technology from Inhealthcare to support residential care homes provide an overview of the health status of residents during COVID-19. The new service supports care workers to identify residents at risk and who may require clinical assessment. A digital questionnaire in an […]
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Doctor Care Anywhere announces IPO to raise £55m
Doctor Care Anywhere, a telehealth provider founded in 2013, has announced that it has lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to undertake an initial public offering. The company will offer new shares at an offer price of A$0.80 per share to raise approximately A$102.0 million / £55 million. […]
Brighton & Sussex implements WellSky EPMA system
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has implemented an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system from WellSky. The system has gone live in the outpatients department, with further wards to go live soon. The project is being supported with remote training and virtual project meetings, which to date has led […]
#HealthTechToShoutAbout HTN Awards 2020 winner!
By Highland Marketing This year’s Health Tech Awards attracted a huge number and range of entries from across health and care. It was no surprise that many of them addressed an aspect of the health tech response to the coronavirus crisis and highlighted the work done by companies and trusts […]
UCL researchers publish ‘Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support’ Covid dashboard
Researchers at UCL-led collaboration i-sense, have published a dashboard to collate data on five stages; Find, Test, Track, Isolate and Support, with an aim to provide a complete picture of the pandemic. The i-sense COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID RED) collates and presents data from the Office of National Statistics, Public Health […]
In Focus: HTN Awards 2020 Part One
In this two-part article we cover the projects that were announced as winners and highly commended in the Health Tech Awards 2020. HTN would like to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved! If you missed the evening, you can watch the announcement videos here. We would love to hear […]
Dorset Care Record expands with physical health data and new datasets
The Dorset Care Record (DCR) is expanding this month to include community physical health data and new datasets such as allergy information and clinic letters. Allergy information from University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital is to be available this month through the DCR. It means allergy details from […]
The new technologies supporting stop smoking services
By Solutions for Health While COVID-19 brings challenges for stop smoking services, online support and an AI-powered robo-coach mean there’s digital support to help people kick the habit. Smokers are up to fourteen times more likely to have serious complications from COVID-19 than non-smokers according to recent research in China. […]
Digital pharmacy startup medino raises £5.6m
Digital pharmacy startup, medino, has raised £5.6m in its latest funding round. The ‘Pharmacy In Your Phone’ concept currently supports 130,000 people to date by digitising pharmacy shopping. In January 2020 the company raised £440k to challenge the pharmacy in your phone market, by offering ‘enhanced packing and picking processes for […]
Interview Series: Stephen Townrow, Imaging Systems Manager, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
In our interview series this week, we speak with Stephen Townrow, Imaging Systems Manager, at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Stephen takes us through the intricacies of how enhancements in their digital imaging technology has allowed for cost saving, time saving, and accuracy of diagnoses, all of which importantly […]
