Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) has announced the successful applicants for its 2024 Advanced Wellbeing Accelerator programme, with a total of 10 start-ups and SMEs from across the UK selected to benefit from specialist funding and support, including companies using AI, wearables and algorithms to improve health […]
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HTN Now Awards 2023/24: meet the winners!
After a busy few months here at HTN in the lead-up to the HTN Now Awards 2023/24, and hours of judging from NHS health tech professionals, we can finally announce our winners and runners-up. The HTN Now awards provide a chance to showcase and celebrate hard work and innovative thinking […]
AI in research: proposals for informed consent, ChatGPT in diagnosis and treatment, and recommendations for tackling disparities
We’ve taken a look at three journals recently published in Frontiers on the topic of artificial intelligence in health, from an exploration of ChatGPT’s role in diagnosis and treatment, to the impact of AI on health disparities in research, to proposed guiding principles for the design of optimal informed consent […]
Welsh Nursing Care Record upgraded to single national database
An upgrade to the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR) has seen eight separate databases replaced with a single national instance, in a move hoped to bring efficiencies in managing, updating and applying new features, as well as improvements in patient care, patient access, and access to information across NHS Wales. […]
Sciensus acquires patient app and physician support platform Vinehealth
Pharma services business Sciensus has acquired Vinehealth, a cancer-focused health tech business offering a patient app and physician support platform, in a move designed to expand Sciensus’s digital and patient support offering. Vinehealth was founded by former NHS physician Rayna Patel and data scientist Georgina Kirby, with the website sharing […]
Engagement invited on new draft primary care strategy launched in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB is inviting the public to have their say on its draft Primary Care Strategy, which has the aim of transforming general practice, community pharmacy, optometry and dentistry. The strategy tackles challenges facing primary care including high demand, reduced access to services, ageing populations, […]
NHS England £16 million opportunity for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
NHS England has published a £16 million prior information notice for the provision of “Tiger Teams” to support electronic patient record delivery. Defined as “a partner to create an experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service”, it aims to support the Frontline Digitisation programme, enabling healthcare providers to implement an EPR […]
HTN Now: Delivering innovative new models in community healthcare
For HTN Now, we were joined by a panel of experts for a live discussion on delivering innovative new models in community healthcare. Delving into the dynamic landscape of community healthcare delivery, and exploring key strategies for a successful transition to a remote-first model, we discussed how by harnessing software and […]
GOSH joins consortium of children’s hospitals to collaborate on decentralised data ecosystem
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has announced that it is part of a consortium of six leading European children’s hospitals, who will be working together to advance research on children’s health, collaborating on data management to develop new therapies for children and support new technologies such as AI in healthcare […]
Digital-first provider Livi launches “all-in-one primary care solution”
Digital-first healthcare provider Livi has announced the launch of a new ‘virtual practice partner’, described as an “all-in-one primary care solution” combining clinical resources and appointment support with digital tools such as a patient app, websites, smart messaging and remote monitoring. Bryony Henderson, associate medical director at Livi, shares that […]
