Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract to deploy SystmOne Mental Health and Community Hospital modules. The Trust will start with implementing the mental health module and expects the deployment to be complete by October 2020. The contract is an addition to the existing Shared Business Service […]
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Interview Series: Byron George, CEO, PCMIS
In our latest interview we spoke with Byron George from PCMIS, a health technology company that develops an enterprise case management solution. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I’m CEO of PCMIS, I’ve got over 20 years’ experience providing large scale digital health solutions and […]
Opinion: Dr Mark Ratnarajah, Harness AI to help make sure your hospital is safe
CEOs and board members will be held increasingly responsible for preventable mortality and harm in hospitals. Harness Ai to help make sure your hospital is safe… & then use it to prove that it is. By Dr Mark Ratnarajah, Managing Director (UK), C2-Ai – providing unique risk-adjusted systems for individualised patient risk […]
Health Tech Trends Survey: Artificial Intelligence
In the latest report from our HTN Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we asked NHS professionals about artificial intelligence. Since March 2019, we surveyed health care professionals to understand more about artificial intelligence to support health care delivery. In this article we highlight some of the responses. When asked […]
New algorithm at UHB supports prescribing
A new algorithm developed by staff at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is automatically providing the correct doses for doctors to treat a patient after an overdose. The trust said the electronic prescription tool has reduced the number of errors when prescribing a drug for paracetamol overdoses to […]
Alder Hey leads study for early warning system for children
Alder Hey is leading on a new study called DETECT (Dynamic Electronic Tracking and Escalation) to reduce critical care transfers and to record vital signs. The study has received £1.25m in funding from the National Institute for Health Research Invention for Innovation Programme (NIHR i4i) and involves The University of Liverpool, Edge […]
Former NHS Manager raises £9.1m
A former NHS Manager who co-founded Visionable a video collaboration platform has raised £9.1m in funding. The technology provides clinicians, paramedics and healthcare professionals with secure video conferencing designed for sharing clinical information and imaging. The new investment values the company at £47.6m and the raise was led by West Hill […]
#HealthTechToShoutAbout: My Medical Record, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Last month University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust were crowned the winner of #HealthTechToShoutAbout in the HTN Awards 2019. Every entry into the innovative health tech awards were also entered into the #HealthTechToShoutAbout category sponsored by Highland Marketing. The entries went through a second rigours judging process, led by industry veteran Jeremy Nettle. […]
Interview Series: Dr Ola Spencer, Group Head of IT, Data Protection Officer, Optegra UK
In our latest interview we asked Dr Ola Spencer, Group Head of IT from Optegra a few questions about the organisation’s data driven transformation strategy and how they have used data to drive change. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and Optegra? My background is medical, I began […]
First Databank analysis reveals wide variance in safety indicator drug monitoring
New analysis of drug prescribing patterns across England from First Databank has highlighted a wide variance in monitoring tests being undertaken. The company is calling for GP practices to standardise routine drug therapeutic monitoring, after new data revealed a significant variance in compliance across key safety indicators both for high risk prescriptions […]
