It’s time for the second part of our latest industry view feature, focusing on technology within integrated care systems. In this edition, we pose the question of where, within an ICS, technology will have the biggest impact. Without further ado, here’s what our respondents had to say… Nick Weston, Chief […]
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Industry view: what is the biggest benefit an ICS will derive from deploying technology?
For our latest industry view piece, we posted two questions to our health tech audience. We’ll be sharing the responses we received in a two-part feature, the first of which focuses on the following question: what is the biggest benefit that an ICS will derive from deploying technology? Here’s what […]
£13.5 million investment into sub-national secure data environment
£13.5 million has been announced in funding for the development of an interoperable network of NHS-owned sub-national secure data environments (SDEs) in a blog by Dr Claire Bloomfield, Deputy Director of Data for Research and Development at NHS Transformation Directorate’s Centre for Improving Data Collaboration. The funding will help support a […]
HEE report highlights role of digital technologies in supporting health and care workforce
A new report published by Health Education England (HEE) entitled ‘Harnessing digital technologies for workforce development, education and training: an overview’ has revealed that digital technologies are to play a key role in supporting the NHS workforce deal with upcoming demands. To meet demand, the report highlights that policy makers […]
Feature: Inhealthcare on how their innovation-friendly platform delivers care at home to free up hospital beds
By Bryn Sage, CEO of Inhealthcare and a member of industry group techUK’s health and social care council. In a telling insight into his attitude to NHS spending, the new Health and Social Care Secretary has told local areas they will be free to determine how they speed up the […]
MedTech funding programme paused for new entrants
NHS Accelerated Access Collaborative has confirmed that no new technologies will join its MedTech funding mandate for 2023/24. The programme launched in 2021 to accelerate the uptake of selected innovative medical devices, diagnostics and digital products, and support the adoption of these technologies. To date the programme has supported 11 […]
HTN Now: Professor Ann John on DATAMIND and harnessing mental health data to transform lives
As part of HTN Now: Digital Social Care and Mental Health, we hosted a webinar with Professor Ann John from Swansea University, discussing DATAMIND, Health Data Research UK’s Hub for Mental Health Informatics Research Development. The session began with Ann explaining how a common way to communicate and express findings […]
New and improved successor to the Summary Care Record application launching
The “new and improved” successor to the Summary Care Record application is launching in the form of the National Care Records Service (NCRS), designed to provide secure access to national patient information in order to support decision making and healthcare outcomes. The NCRS is available for all authorised health and […]
Special report: solutions and case studies supporting digital social care
Last week, new Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay announced the launch of a new £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund, which will aim to support integrated care boards and local authorities to improve capacity. HTN covered the aspects of Barclay’s speech related to digital healthcare here. Following that […]
MHRA outlines roadmap for Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has updated its ‘Software and AI as a Medical Device Change Programme’. The programme, originally published last year, aims to ensure regulatory requirements for software and AI are clear and that patients are protected. A new roadmap has been added including deliverables […]
