In our latest interview we asked the NHS Test Bed Partnership at Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust some questions on how they are managing unscheduled care. The NHS Test Bed Programme brings NHS organisations and industry partners together to test combinations of digital technologies with pathway redesign in real-world settings. […]
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital launches digital postnatal discharge system
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new digital postnatal discharge system, powered by Lumeon technology. The system funded by CW+, the official charity of the Trust, digitises the postnatal pathway and all tasks delivered in real time. The system provides a digital dashboard for multi-disciplinary team members […]
Grant for tech start-up to help GPs identify rare conditions
Mendelian, a UK healthtech startup, has received over £500k, a grant from Innovate UK to build solutions that will assist GPs in identifying NHS patients who potentially have rare or hard to diagnose conditions and diseases. The grant is being used to implement the company’s specialised screening system, which provides […]
Babylon Health allowed to expand out of London
Babylon Health the virtual GP service has been given to go-ahead to expand to its second major city following leaders dropping their objections. The company is set to expand to Birmingham following NHS England confirming it had found a solution to its previous concerns around access to immunisation and screening […]
HTN 100: Digital fellowship programme and 10 sprint exemplar innovation projects
HTN 100 is sponsored by CCube Solutions. To participate and be included in our HTN 100 news in brief every Friday email news@thehtn.co.uk. Digital fellowship programme launched following Topol Review Health Education England (HEE) are establishing the Topol programme for twenty Digital Fellowships in healthcare for clinicians, to incorporate digital health […]
North of Scotland Care Portal Launched
Four NHS boards in the North of Scotland have now gone live with a new health and care portal from Orion. NHS Grampian, NHS Highland, NHS Orkney, and NHS Shetland staff now have a single view of patient information held in different IT systems across the boards. The portal covers […]
Matt Hancock: email must replace paper in the NHS
Matt Hancock during a speech at an NHS England conference has outlined an ambition for healthcare staff to email patients directly with information on appointments to reduce delays, boost cyber security and cut wastage. In the speech Hancock said “Email is as secure and cheaper than communicating through paper and fax […]
Health Tech Awards 2019: New Categories Added
HTN is delighted to announce the finalised categories for the Health Tech Awards 2019. Early in the month we asked the HTN community for their ideas and suggestions for new categories for the Awards. We would like to thank everyone who provided input in to this process and we are […]
TPP and EMIS Health interoperability pilot delivers for Hertfordshire
Herts Valley CCG and Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust have carried out a successful pilot of patient information sharing between the SystmOne and EMIS Web systems, allowing users to view the complete community and GP records across the area. The project provided nine EMIS Web GP sites with the ability to view […]
Successful pilot of Imprivata at Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has deployed Imprivata across its organisation following a successful pilot project. The pilot in the renal unit at the Trust enabled the organisation to prove Imprivata’s single sign-on functionality. The company said this was the first deployment outside of the USA. Richard Corbridge, CIO, Leeds […]
