Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has launched free public wi-fi for patients, relatives and visitors as part of ongoing efforts to improve the patient experience. The project, a partnership between the hospital, NHS Digital and service provider Hospedia, is part of a national initiative to make sure that all […]
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AI to help arthritis patients manage their flare-ups
A partnership between the healthtech company Living With, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), and the University of Bath has been awarded a major grant to develop a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler. The award, from Innovate UK, will allow rheumatoid arthritis patients to use new methods capturing […]
Sensyne health signs US evaluation agreement
Sensyne Health the British clinical AI technology company has signed a non-exclusive agreement with Jefferson Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The agreement is to evaluate the clinical and commercial potential of Sensyne Health’s GDm-Health™ digital therapeutic in the Jefferson Health system. GDm-Health™ is […]
New Health IT agency appoints advisory board
Silver Buck a newly formed health IT communications organisation has appointed its new advisory board. The company, which was launched earlier this year, has created the Buccaneers to support health IT suppliers and health care organisations to better position themselves and ensure that they are delivering solutions that the industry […]
Surgery benefits from linking phone calls to patient records
GP Practice Montgomery-House Surgery in Bicester has connected its telephone system with EMIS. Steve Sharpe, Practice Manager said “We could only have eight phone calls going on at once. We could have gone to 30 through ISDN, but we would have had to pay a premium. Now, with Surgery Connect, we […]
Southampton FC signs HealthStore deal with BridgeHead
Southampton Football Club has selected BridgeHead Software’s Independent Clinical Archive (ICA), HealthStore™, to assist the long-term consolidation, protection and secure sharing of its players’ medical images. This will support the club’s clinicians in assessing injuries, collaborating on player rehabilitation and developing education and injury prevention strategies. The need for fast […]
Case Study: How Nova are successfully facilitating Digital Health Innovation through a ‘cofoundery’ process
The team at Nova have first-hand experience of what characteristics digital health startups, and their founders, require to succeed – as well insight as to the reasons that cause over 90% of them to fail. Nova’s motivation to reduce the unsustainably high failure rate for startups, spurred them to create […]
Artificial intelligence set to decode heart attack and stroke risk
The British Heart Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute are developing a machine learning tool to predict which people are likely to suffer a life-threatening heart attack or stroke. Once developed, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool will help predict peoples’ risk based on their health records and could transform the […]
Q Doctor wins 60th GP Practice
60 GP Practices are now providing video consultation services utilising Q Doctor. The digital service supports GP practices across England including Staffordshire, Birmingham, York and Hull. Q Doctor supports practices with the technical capabilities to offer at-home video consultations that can help people with disabilities, health problems, time and travel […]
HTN 100: Morecambe Bay, New Director of Improvement and Aviva Digital GP
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. 150 cyber attacks over 5 years for Morecambe Bay On Saturday the BBC reported that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has been hit with over […]
