By Orlando Agrippa, CEO, Draper & Dash. In a matter of weeks, we have catapulted into a typhoon of planning, reconfiguring capacity, building field hospitals, and scrambling for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as we continue to fight one of the deadliest viruses of our time. Panting, as teams keel over from the first wave, they immediately gather themselves and push on to the […]
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Health Education England backs respiratory physiotherapist launch new app
A respiratory physiotherapist at the Royal Free London has launched a new app to help physiotherapists develop skills needed when treating patients with COVID-19. The app launch of oncallbuddy.co.uk is being supported by Health Education England and provides physiotherapists access to training and resources to help them manage COVID-19 positive patients […]
Interview Series: Paul Jones, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
This week we interviewed Paul Jones, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, only days after Paul returned to work following 4 weeks of having Covid-19. We asked Paul about his digital plans for the next few months and years, and spoke about his time since joining the […]
UK AI company secures COVID-19 pilot across India
A UK based artificial intelligence radiology company is to launch a new pilot with Apollo Radiology International, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, across India. The hospital group across India will be testing Behold.ai’s ‘instant triage’ AI-based chest X-ray technology to triage suspected COVID-19 patients. The technology is hoped to speed […]
7 trusts pick Visionable for virtual visits
Seven NHS Trusts have chosen technology from Visionable to provide patients with secure video calls, for free, during the pandemic. Tablets loaded with the tool are being used by patients at Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS FT, Imperial College Healthcare NHS […]
Oxford University spin-out raises £9m for workforce location tool
A hospital workforce AI platform, Navenio, a spin-out of Oxford University has raised £9m in series A funding. The company provides a location-based workforce platform, which can be used to assign tasks to healthcare teams based on their location. Termed Uber for Healthcare, the technology tracks smartphone devices to provide an indoor […]
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator opens for applications
Applications are now open for health tech starts up to apply to participate in the latest London Accelerator Programme. Now in its fifth year, the Accelerator programme supports high potential innovators connect with industry, with an aim to speed-up adoption across London’s NHS. HTN spoke with Sara Nelson, Programme Director […]
NHSX launches remote patient monitoring tender
NHSX has launched a new market engagement process, prior to a tender launch, inviting suppliers to register their interest in a new Remote Patient Monitoring programme. The unit is seeking to help scale remote monitoring care across the NHS with a particular focus on COVID-19 patients and the management of patients […]
Babylon offers £69 COVID-19 antibody test
Babylon Health has launched a new offering to test anyone in the UK for COVID-19 antibodies. The test doesn’t tell you if you’re currently infected with coronavirus, but allows you to have a lab-based test to understand whether you have or not previously been infected. The company is offering the test […]
Interview Series: Barnaby Perks, Oxford VR
In our latest interview series we asked Barnaby Perks from Oxford VR a few questions. Can you tell me about yourself and your organisation? The business started as a spinout from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford in 2016. Daniel Freeman, who is Professor of Clinical Psychology […]
