Cerner has announced a new collaboration with North London Partners, a partnership of health and care organisations across five London boroughs. The collaboration will connect care information, share records, and apply advanced intelligence across North London to support their population health management initiatives, covering almost 1.5 million citizens. An STP […]
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Royal Papworth Hospital NHS FT and NHS SBS announce partnership
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Shared Business Services have announced a strategic partnership, which will explore new opportunities for the digital transformation of a range of back and middle office functions. The initiative builds on the success of an existing partnership between NHS SBS and the leading […]
NHS hospitals turn to deep learning and advanced algorithms to fight heart disease
New technology using deep learning and advanced algorithms to evaluate blood flow to the heart is now being used in English hospitals to fight against coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death in the UK. It is responsible for more than 66,000 […]
Now Healthcare opens £1.5m tele-pharmacy
Thirty jobs are to be created through a new £1.5m ‘Tele-Pharmacy’ opened in Liverpool aimed at helping people living with chronic care conditions to manage their medicinal needs through artificial intelligent mobile app ‘Now Patient’. The NHS approved tele-Pharmacy ‘super-hub’ – Now Pharmacy, will be able to dispense around 500,000 […]
Booking service contract awarded to Spirit Healthcare
Twelve south London Clinical Commissioning Groups, led by NHS Southwark CCG, along with the Health Innovation Network, the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for south London have awarded Spirit Healthcare to help people living with diabetes to select and book the most appropriate diabetes education course for them. From October […]
HTN 100: East Sussex, Digitalis and Yorkshire Imaging Collaborative
HTN 100 is a 100 word challenge to help share health tech projects and learnings. In 100 words we want to hear about the technology you are using, the benefits, successes and tips. HTN 100 will be published every Friday! To participate email news@thehtn.co.uk. Dr Nick Harvey, CEO, Digitalis: General Practice is ahead of […]
Creating a new IT ecosystem for General Practice
NHS Digital is taking the next step to create a more open, flexible and competitive IT framework for primary care. A Prior Information Notice has been published to launch market engagement activities for the new Digital Care Services framework. This new framework will replace the outgoing GP Systems of Choice framework […]
£1.4m investment for firm transforming public sector IT
A Manchester company which helps public sector bodies to achieve digital transformation has secured a £1.4 million investment, including £750,000 from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund; £500,000 from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and […]
Diabetes platform accepted onto Leeds accelerator
Elmwood has signed DigiBete a patient-centred video sharing platform and educational resource about Type 1 Diabetes, as the maiden entrepreneurs for its 12-week accelerator programme, Elmwood LaunchPod. The free to access national Diabetes platform, DigiBete.org, celebrated its launch in February 2018 and has received much acclaim since, including winning the ‘Best Use […]
Welsh Health Board picks Idox Health records management
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board is the second site in Wales to sign up to Idox Health’s iFIT logistics management platform. The platform has utilised “Invest to Save” funding from NHS Wales. Idox Health’s Records management module iRecords is expected to go live across the Health Board’s four acute […]
