5 health tech suppliers have been named as part of phase 3 of the AI in Health and Care Award programme, part of the NHS AI Lab. Phase 3 aims to support real-world testing in health and social care settings to develop evidence to support further adoption. 42 suppliers were announced today […]
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10 medium stage suppliers join NHS AI Lab for wider adoption
10 medium stage health tech suppliers have been successful in the AI in Health and Care Award programme, part of the NHS AI Lab. The suppliers form part of 42 successful projects announced today to receive funding across four phases. The 10 suppliers in phase 4 includes medium stage AI technologies […]
Interview Series: Leila Brown, Digital Programme Manager, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS FT
As part of our Interview Series, this week we speak with Leila Brown, a Digital Programme Manager at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. We speak about the work the Trust are currently doing and how they have made the most of digital services during Covid-19. Tell us about the work you are […]
University Hospital Milton Keynes adopts AI
University Hospital Milton Keynes NHS FT has adopted AI technology from Brainomix into its Stroke Practice. The company, a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2010, specialises in imaging software for neurological and cerebrovascular diseases. The hospital has now started to use the e-Stroke Suite technology, a new software […]
The Panoply acquires Difrent for £8.8m
The Panoply Holdings PLC, a technology-enabled services group, has announced the acquisition of healthcare transformation consultancy Difrent. The move helps the company expand into healthcare, where 75% of Difrent’s revenues are generated. Difrent’s clients include NHSX, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS Business Services Authority, Public Health England, World Health […]
Six tech projects to benefit from £32m funding
Six projects have been backed by the government with new £32 million funding, announced as part of a keynote speech on research and development at London Tech Week 2020. The projects include airport-style walk-through scanners for cancer diagnoses and robotic muscles for patients who have lost muscle capability, such as patients who […]
Case Study: Lincolnshire – leading the healthcare information revolution
Lincolnshire is using the latest technology to enable healthcare professionals to share patient records Many of the challenges facing the NHS are writ large in Lincolnshire. The second largest county in England, over half of its population live in rural locations and, with one in ten residents over the age […]
Patient data capture platform raises £5 million
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 […]
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 […]
