NICE’s Scientific Advice service is launching an online tool to help developers of medical devices and diagnostics understand and generate the evidence needed to show their products are clinically and cost effective. This will help companies prepare for a dialogue with health technology assessment organisations and payers and potentially speed […]
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust set to trial secure video messaging
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is set to run a trial of secure video messaging to keep parents of premature babies updated on their baby’s progress when they are away from hospital. The Leeds Centre for Newborn Care is one of the largest neonatal services in the UK, providing specialist […]
Is technology the prescription for success?
A report on more personalised care in the digital age by Rhys Little Director, Despark UK. From digital diagnostics to wearables and integrated data, technology offers huge opportunities to revolutionise health and social care. But how do we take patients with us?We are living longer but more unhealthy lives. Rates of […]
Highland Marketing: Engaging with the NHS; an example of how to do it
In our first article for The Health Tech Newspaper, we noted that healthcare thrives on innovation. Also, that because small and medium sized businesses can be a great source of innovation, you’d think the NHS would be anxious to work with them. Also that, in practice, things are more complicated. […]
Digital maturity assessment to harness digital technologies
NHS England has commissioned the development of a place based digital maturity assessment to support local improvement. It will consider the extent to which effective digital technologies are used across health and care systems to improve outcomes and experience. The work is being carried out by a coalition led by […]
Cyber-attack incident closed across Fylde coast NHS
The cyber-attack that took down hundreds of electronic systems across the Fylde coast earlier this month has officially ended, NHS bosses have confirmed. There were 1,217 computers affected across the Fylde coast – 996 of which were at the hospital. Seven days after the outbreak – Friday 19 May – […]
Commvault and FlyingBinary offer NHS trusts the first platform for GDPR compliance on G-Cloud 9
NHS trusts and healthcare organisations now have access to a one-stop solution for consolidating their data in readiness for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018. Commvault, a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive and the cloud, in partnership with web science company FlyingBinary, has released the Commvault Clinical […]
Southampton experts develop computer model of hand to improve finger joint surgery
Clinicians and researchers in Southampton are leading a pioneering study into the use of computer-generated hand models to help improve the success of joint surgery for patients with arthritis. Currently, surgery to replace the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint – the second joint in the finger from the finger tip – […]
Patches aren’t the silver bullet; hospitals can keep systems running when hit by ransomware attacks
By David Ting, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Imprivata and Gus Malezis, President & CEO, Imprivata As news of the WannaCry ransomware attack continues to escalate, we’d like to ask you to pause for a moment and think beyond securing your perimeter. Consider that there is, or will be, an […]
Patientrack chosen by fourth New Zealand District Health Board
The fourth New Zealand District Health Board (DHB) has chosen Patientrack technology in a little over 12 months. Patientrack is fast to deploy and has been built to easily integrate with existing hospital systems. Michelle Nicholson-Burr, eVitals clinical champion, Counties Manukau DHB, said: “The results and the feedback from other DHBs […]
