Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is now live with the Sunrise Acute Care platform from Allscripts. In October the trust went live across all wards and its A&E department, using a pathway implementation approach, when a patient is uploaded to the system their journey is continually managed digitally. Phillipa Winter, Chief […]
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Orthopaedic Research UK announces first startup investment
Orthopaedic Research UK (ORUK) has announced its first investment as part of the newly launched Ronald Furlong Fund, established this year in memory of the charity’s founder. The charity has invested in Renovos, a company from the University of Southampton, who will receive the first investment from the newly launched the […]
Highland Marketing blog: Roaring into the 2020s
Mark Venables, chief executive of Highland Marketing, looks back at some of the key trends in the UK health tech market in 2019, at how they affected demand for the consultancy, content, PR and marketing services it provides, and at how they will play into 2020. Politically, 2019 was a […]
Moorfields receives grant to develop use of AI in cataract surgery
Moorfields Eye Hospital and Digital Surgery have been awarded a grant from Innovate UK to assess artificial intelligence (AI) cataract surgery technology. The technology has been developed by Digital Surgery, the company founded by surgeons Dr. Jean Nehme and Dr. Andre Chow to help train surgeons, improve theatre flow, develop surgical teams and […]
Sheffield Children’s live with new virtual reality app to help children having surgery
A new virtual reality app has been launched to support over 10,000 children a year who have planned surgery at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. The app allows children to explore everything from the waiting area to the operating theatre to help prepare and familiarise themselves for their visit. The Little Journey […]
Health Data Research launches £2m health data science partnerships
Health Data Research UK, the national institute for health data science, is launching a new opportunity that aims to help patients benefit from health and care decisions that are informed by analysing large scale data. The work includes up to four projects and a new partnership that will integrate with […]
LIVI secures £119 million to expand across Europe
KRY, a large European digital healthcare provider, has announced it has raised £119 million to help the business accelerate its ambitious growth plans in Europe. The company provides a platform to enable patients to see a doctor or a psychologist by video, at a time and place that suits them. […]
NHS Wales partners with AdviseInc for spend analytics
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) Procurement Services has partnered with AdviseInc to implement advanced spend analytics across NHS Wales. The analytics tool will support NWSSP have visibility of all non-pay spend, including analysis and insight into product switching, supply route switching, EU exit analysis and price variation tracking. The […]
NHS Herts Valleys CCG awards business intelligence and data management contract
NHS Herts Valleys CCG has awarded a new business intelligence and data management contract to NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit. The CSU has been appointed to provide business intelligence, claims management and data management services in a new two-year contract. Elke Taylor, Acting Chief Finance Officer for […]
HTN Digital Week: What to expect from day two
HTN Digital Week is a week of online events to share and collaborate on healthtech, taking place 20th – 26th January 2020. The Week is being supported by our sponsors, Rhapsody, Dedalus and CCube Solutions. It is completely free for NHS professionals and includes over 20 webinars from a range of […]
