A welsh-based medtech firm has received funding to develop a diagnostic test for patients suspected of having Covid-19. The company, Bond Digital Health, has received the funding to develop the digital element of the test, based on lateral flow technology, to provide test results quickly. Lateral flow technology is used in […]
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HTN Voice: Covid-19 and health tech: building on the NHS pivot to digital
Highland Marketing’s advisory board met to discuss the health tech response to the coronavirus outbreak. In many areas, this has been hugely impressive: but there are gaps, and there will need to be serious discussions about data architecture, security, and funding when the crisis is over. The novel coronavirus has […]
Online GP service raises £2 million in Series A
Online GP service, GPDQ, has raised £2 million in Series A funding from investors. IW Capital has completed the raise to support the digital primary healthcare provider and its short term growth plans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. GDPQ, CQC certified, supports providers with an online GP on-demand service. […]
GP IT System supplier acquired by PUBLIC
PUBLIC, a leading government tech firm has acquired GP IT system supplier Microtest. The organisation offers support, insight, capital and networking to help tech providers, typically start-ups, navigate the public sector. The details of the deal remains undisclosed, and the co-founder of PUBLIC Alexander de Carvalho, has been announced as […]
Care providers using NHSmail doubles in 6 weeks
10,186 care providers are now using NHSmail, up from 4,141 providers six weeks ago. The NHS centrally-funded email service has been accelerated over the past 6 weeks to support care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. NHS Digital partnered with the Care Provider Alliance to increase the uptake of the email […]
Contact tracing app to be trialled on Isle of Wight
The NHS contact tracing app is going into testing this week on the Isle of Wight before being rolled-out later in the month. Isle of Wight will be the first place the new contact tracing app will be used to alert users should they have come into contact with someone […]
Feature: UAE labs implement connected management system to accelerate COVID-19 testing
InterSystems has signed an agreement with Pure Health to deploy the TrakCare Lab Enterprise system to support the UAE’s testing initiatives for COVID-19. GCC’s largest lab operator Pure Health is to deploy technology from InterSystems to support the largest laboratory network in the Gulf region with 115 labs and employing a […]
Hampshire Hospitals adopts SMS tool to send COVID-19 results
Hampshire Hospitals is adopting new technology in CliniSys ICE to send test results quickly to staff, as part of its programme to run 1,000 tests a day. The new tool sends an alert to staff by SMS who have tested for COVID-19 and whose tests have come back negative. The […]
NHS Scotland to roll-out Microsoft Teams
NHS Scotland has announced it will be rolling-out Microsoft Teams to all NHS staff in Scotland. The news comes one month after Microsoft Teams was made available for free for three months for NHS staff in England. Since then providers across the country have adopted the tool. At Calderdale and Huddersfield […]
Scottish Health Board launches COVID messaging tool to update staff and patients
NHS Dumfries & Galloway has adopted messaging technology from Netcall to support patients and staff communications on COVID-19 test results. Within two weeks the Board has implemented the system to deliver test results securely and to reduce the administration burden of patients contacting the hospital for results. Results are uploaded to […]
