NHS Digital is joining the Open Data Institute (ODI) Leeds as a sponsor to form a collaboration seeking to pursue innovation through data. The partnership between NHS Digital and ODI Leeds is being announced during ODI Leeds’ Showcase event at Leeds Digital Festival today (Monday 16 April). Both NHS Digital […]
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HTN Awards 2018 to showcase entries
HTN is delghited to announce every entry into the HTN Awards 2018 will have the opportunity to be showcased to the HTN Network. To support knowledge and information sharing, each entry, project and innovation entering the HTN Awards 2018 will have the opportunity to be showcased and shared with the […]
23 digital advocates selected for the Pioneer Fellowship
23 digital advocates working in the NHS are about to embark on an exciting new scheme to transform care and deliver better outcomes for their patients. A speech and language therapist, thoracic surgeon, commissioner, pharmacist and transformation lead are just a handful of the leaders selected for the inaugural 2018 […]
Biometrics could be a ‘game changer’ in autism care
Charity Autism Together has launched a £2.5m appeal to fund a ‘game-changing’ high-tech project with the potential to transform the care of those with severe autism. Around 1:100 people in the UK are on the autism spectrum. In the US, the ratio is now 1:68. Biometric technology measures minute physiological […]
NHS Wales to create national eco-system
A partnership has been launched to share digital health innovations and to access NHS Wales’ health and care sector platforms. The collaboration between NHS Wales Informatics Services and the Life Sciences Hub Wales is supported by Welsh Government’s Efficiency Through Technology Programme. It is known as the Digital Health Ecosystem […]
Ideagen secures first US acquisition in $9m healthcare deal
Ideagen has announced the acquisition of American healthcare software specialists, Medforce Technologies Inc, for a deal worth $8.7m. Medforce is a growing, profitable and cash generative organisation which has successfully developed its Command suite of enterprise information management, workflow and compliance software since 1993. Its flagship CommandCenter product is used by […]
TPP sign agreement with First Chengmei Medical in Beijing
TPP have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Hainan-based company, First Chengmei Medical Industry Group. First Chengmei Medical Industry Group are a company based in the Chinese province of Hainan, they specialise in medical care, elderly care and financial investment. The firm offers a range of medical, management and construction […]
NHS England backs innovations
NHS England has today also announced a nationally backed trial of a technology to cut missed hospital appointments by supporting DrDoctor, as well as a further £1.5 million to support the spread of innovations. A new type of ‘bowel scope’ and a device that cuts infections caused by catheters will be […]
Artificial intelligence to help develop new Parkinson’s treatments
A Parkinson’s UK research proposal has won the BenevolentAI Award. The project will now use artificial intelligence to find new treatments for Parkinson’s. The project, which The Cure Parkinson’s Trust contributed to, was submitted to the inaugural Benevolent AI Award – a competition run with the Association of Medical Research […]
New ‘one stop shops’ for cancer to speed up diagnosis and save lives
Diagnostic and assessment centres are being piloted in ten areas as part of NHS England’s drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis for people with cancer. Each of the centres will operate in a different way to ensure they meet the needs of their local communities. However, all […]
