The Rotunda Hospital, a leading maternity hospital based in Dublin, has entered into a strategic partnership with Isla Health, a UK-based company that provides a digital pathway platform, to digitise and personalise patient pathways. The partnership will focus on enhancing patient engagement with personalised digital pathways, to support patients across […]
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Liva Healthcare secures funding, acquires digital, virtual and in-person lifestyle solution provider
Liva Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform offering “human-led therapeutic intervention programmes” for lifestyle-related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, has announced its acquisition of Momenta, a provider of healthy lifestyle solutions, as part of its international growth strategy. The purchase, made for an undisclosed sum, is hoped to “significantly” […]
NHS England publishes eight principles for using digital technologies for mental health
NHS England has published eight principles for the “appropriate use” of digital technologies in mental health settings, aiming to provide a guide for procurement, implementation, data protection, policy, staff training and recording in patient care and treatment plans. Designed to help clinicians decide whether using digital technology is the “most […]
International news in brief: New York funding programme, Solomon Islands digital strategy 2025-2029, Malaysian hospital patient portal to integrate wearable data, AI in medicines procurement in Vietnam
Here, we take a look at news from the international health tech arena that’s caught our eye over the last few weeks. WHO-supported workshop presents Solomon Islands digital health strategy 2025-2029, focuses on workforce education and training, data and integration The Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), […]
Portsmouth Hospitals awards £250k contract to MyRenalCare app
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has awarded a new contract to the MyRenalCare app, a digital solution designed to support patients with kidney disease. The £250k contract was procured to offer patients a way to “take control of their condition” while also allowing clinicians to provide guidance via virtual consultations, […]
Salford Royal Hospital becomes latest NCA site to introduce Sectra PACS
Salford Royal Hospital is now live with Sectra Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), for reporting and diagnostic imaging. Going live with the system provides reporters and radiologists at Salford Royal the ability to view and report on imaging studies, “rather than having to navigate separate systems to provide reports […]
The reveal: HTN Primary Care Awards finalists
HTN PRIMARY CARE AWARDS FINALISTS HTN is delighted to announce the finalists in the HTN Primary Care Awards! The awards provide a platform to share innovations, solutions, case studies, collaborations and projects to help shape future services and systems across health and care. Learn more about the innovators, health and […]
HTN Now: The practicalities of AI technologies; implementation, data, bias, adoption, policies, best practices
Our latest HTN Now webinar, supported by Restore Information Management, focused on the practicalities of AI technologies, exploring topics including implementation, adoption, the role of data, policy, regulation, evaluation and best practices. With the help of our expert panellists, we also took a closer look at examples of AI in […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals reveals key findings of virtual wards programme
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared an evaluation of its virtual royal infirmary (VRI) programme, demonstrating the impact of its “hospital-level care directly to patients’ homes”. Since launching in June 2023, the service covers seven specialities, across acute medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, general surgery, renal, respiratory and vascular care, […]
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust opens procurement to improve maternity EPR
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has published a tender notice for implementation services and support for its Cerner Millennium (Oracle Healthcare) electronic patient record, within maternity services. The trust hopes to “uplift” the maternity element of the EPR, to target “improvements to usage and data quality issues”, which was first […]
