In a speech delivered on Tuesday, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock raised technology higher on the agenda than ever before and spoke about the importance of people, standards, leadership and scalability. He talked about leadership and the importance of every CEO leading on digital transformation, backed by […]
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Matt Hancock announces £140m AI Award open for applications
Matt Hancock has today announced a new £140m Artificial Intelligence Award to be run by the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) in partnership with NHSX and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) now open for applications. It will make £140million available over three years to accelerate the testing and evaluation of the most […]
Feature: Driving health IT ROI with an electronic performance support system
Evidence is mounting that the training staff receive on major healthcare IT systems impacts on their deployment and adoption. Yet traditional classroom and e-learning won’t always provide what is needed. NHS organisations can improve the operational efficiency of their training efforts and increase end-user proficiency by adopting an electronic performance […]
HTN People and Partnership Awards 2020 meet the winners
In this article we cover the winners of the awards and highlight their projects and link to resources for further information. You can read about the awards evening on Twitter @health1tech or using #HTNDigitalWeek. To read about some of the projects that entered the awards, you can view the finalists here […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals tech helps reconstruct a mummy’s vocal tract
Ever wanted to hear the sound of an Egyptian mummy? The Radiology team and CT scanners at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have supported scientists to replicate the sound of a mummy, Nesyamun, 3,000 years on. Using precise measurements taken using detailed Computed Tomography (CT) scanning of the mummy, the […]
Babylon agrees 10 year deal with The Royal Wolverhampton to build an integrated, AI-based health app
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Babylon have agreed a 10 year deal to build an integrated, AI-based health app to serve over 300,000 people. The financial details of the deal remain disclosed. The solution will connect healthcare professionals from across the region, providing remote access to GPs and hospital specialists, live […]
Video: The opportunities and challenges around Demand Management
For HTN Digital Week 2020 our friends at DrDoctor held a panel discussion that focuses on the opportunities and challenges around demand management. The session host: Netta Nyrhinen, Content and Community Manager, DrDoctor Panel includes: Lisa Lawrence, Head of Digital Products, Nottingham University Hospitals Jonathan Hammond, Operational Director and Strategic Lead […]
Case Study: North Bristol celebrates going paperless
In May 2014 North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) opened its PFI state-of-the-art new hospital in Southmead Bristol. The hospital was a landmark design incorporating innovative design methods aimed at improving patient flow, reducing waiting times and improving the patient’s overall experience. The hospital was designed to take advantage of the […]
Health tech startup raises £250k to develop visual patient record
A health tech start up aiming to leverage visual data differently has raised £250k in a recently closed pre-seed funding round. The company, ISLA, has partnered with Central London Community Healthcare to focus on leveraging visual data to improve end of life care and dermatology services and to utilise the £250k […]
£40 million investment in NHS ‘logins project’
The Department of Health and Social Care has today announced a new £40 million investment to transform login times. In the announcement the Government highlighted that some NHS staff need to login to as many as 15 different systems, using separate login details. Matthew Gould, Chief Executive of NHSX said […]
