DrDoctor has secured £3 million in Series A Round investment to help expand the business and its platform used by healthcare teams across the country. The platform supports over 8 million patients across 27 NHS Trusts with patient communications, helping to reduce missed appointments and administration costs. The company said […]
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Health Tech Awards 2020 Finalists Revealed…
HTN is delighted to announce the finalists in the Health Tech Awards 2020! The HTN Awards 2020, sponsored by CCube Solutions, celebrate great technology, partnerships, teams and innovations making a difference across health and care. After weeks of judging and working through a fantastic group of entries, the finalists have […]
Feature: Imaging, Agfa HealthCare and Sectra
In our Imaging feature, we speak with two industry leaders to go in-depth into digital imaging and discuss new innovations on the horizon. In this feature we speak with Franz Tiani, Vice President of Agfa HealthCare, to hear about some of Agfa’s projects that are currently running, what’s coming up over the next […]
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT to deploy location tech
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT is to launch a project this month to deploy Navenio’s location workforce technology. Navenio, a spin-out of Oxford University, is providing its location-based hospital workforce platform, termed Uber for Healthcare, the technology tracks smartphone devices to provide an indoor location solution. Last month HTN […]
New health data science platform launches
A new ‘data science platform’ has been launched by predictive healthcare data and analytics provider Draper & Dash, to support healthcare teams without in-house data scientist resources. Following thorough rounds of testing with healthcare providers, the company has announced the wider release of its new Health Data Science Platform (DSP), to […]
Details of 18,000 who tested positive for COVID-19 accidentally published
An online mistake by Public Health Wales has seen the details of more than 18,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus published. Public Health Wales said “The incident, which was the result of individual human error, occurred on the afternoon of 30 August 2020 when the personal data of 18,105 […]
Ascom wins £13m contract for critical care information system for Wales
Ascom has secured a major 7 year deal worth £13 million to develop and manage a national critical care information system for Wales. Following a national procurement by NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), Ascom has been selected to develop and deliver a digital system to enable intensive care staff across Wales’ 14 […]
South London and Maudsley deploys Oxehealth Digital Care Assistant
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with Oxehealth Digital Care Assistant in the seclusion suite on one of its wards. The mental health trust is using the optical sensor technology to support clinical staff to monitor the safety and physical health of patients when they are unwell. […]
HTN Summit: 5 live webinars not to miss
HTN Summit 2020 is now only one week away. Over 2 days, HTN host 11 online sessions to share experiences and learnings, and to collaborate with peers across the country. The live sessions will cover a range of topics that include developing digital literacies, the nursing role within health tech, […]
Medefer raises £10million in funding
Medefer, a company focused on reducing patient waiting times, has raised £10million in new funding, led by private investment firm Nickleby Capital. The virtual healthcare provider has raised the funding to support its growth plans and scale-up it’s offering that aims to digitise the entire pathway from referral to discharge. […]
