Roughly 80% of the world’s population suffer from lower back pain caused by spinal disorders. Spinal fusion surgery is often the most utilised intervention for lower back pain and costs the NHS an estimated £1.6 billion annually. To address this, Hillrom have introduced the Allen© Advance Table Lateral to Prone […]
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Chelsea and Westminster partners with Nova
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has partnered with Nova, a startup cofoundery based in Liverpool that specialises in cofounding digital health businesses. The partnership aims to foster the ideas of clinicians within the Trust, using the guidance and support of Nova to transform these ideas into viable health […]
Olympus and Inhealthcare partner to target wasted appointments
Inhealthcare has partnered with Olympus to launch a new education service aimed to reduce wasted endoscopy appointments. The digital service is aimed to support trusts meet their Did Not Attend (DNA) targets, reduce cancer wait times and capture patient reported outcome measures (PROMS). It will provide a review on how to […]
HTN Awards 2019 meet the winners
The innovative Health Tech Awards celebrate and showcase exceptional projects, teams, technology and organisations across health and care that are making a real difference. In this article we cover the winners of the awards and highlight their projects and link to resources for further information. At HTN we are really […]
Public Health England launches new platform to support mental health
Public Health England and the NHS have launched Every Mind Matters a platform to provide resources to help people look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others. The new platform has been endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and enables people to create personalised action plans, recommending a […]
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough finds app improves care for stroke survivors
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust have found an innovation which improves care for stroke survivors and helps staff make evidence-based decisions ‘on-the-go’ to speed up recovery. The community neuro-rehabilitation team at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough worked with researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) to test the ViaTherapy phone app. […]
Case Study: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital opts for space and time saving solutions for GDPR compliant Surface Pro deployment
With the integration of GDPR throughout the whole of the UK, the need for safer, encrypted data within the hospital is imperative for The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham (ROH). Matthew Maycock, IT Project and Infrastructure Manager, sought a secure, wall mounted charging cabinet to roll out throughout ROH. In a […]
HTN 100: including Juliet Bauer, Babylon, Will Smart and You in Mind Awards
Former NHS England CDO appointed managing director of LIVI Juliet Bauer has been appointed managing director of LIVI, a digital GP provider. The company has recently started a pilot with Boots to offer in-store video GP consultations. Bauer joined the company earlier this year from NHS England and joined as VP […]
Northern Care Alliance and Hitachi to deliver Digital Control Centre
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group and Hitachi Consulting have announced a partnership to deliver a Digital Control Centre. Known as the Digital Control Centre, the 10-year project will be deployed across Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, part of the Northern Care Alliance, with an aim to revolutionise the organisation utilising […]
Interview series: Robin Modak, chairman and founder, Genmed
In our latest interview we spoke with Robin Modak, chairman and founder, Genmed, to find out more about vendor natural managed services in healthcare. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I am the founder and chairman of Genmed, a specialist provider of vendor neutral managed […]
