A digital solution to remove a cumbersome, time-consuming manual process for validating elective surgery waiting lists is paying dividends at the hospitals where it has been introduced. By adding an MPage for prioritisation to its Oracle Cerner EPR, clinicians working at two hospitals run by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) now see […]
A team from Guy’s and St Thomas’ have become the first in the world to operate through a patient’s mouth using the Versius robotic surgery system. This less invasive approach, known as transoral robotic surgery (TORS), can remove cancerous and benign tumours growing in the mouth and throat and speed up the patient’s recovery time. […]
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk, sponsored by Spirit Health! For this episode, we interviewed Chris Mason, chief information officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We discussed what digital projects Chris has worked on throughout his career, the key factors needed for innovation in healthcare, the current challenges in digital […]
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience, as part of our Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, focused on data and the most challenge areas. We asked: Focusing on health and care data, what’s the most challenging area? Participants in the poll came from a wide range of backgrounds including technical, […]
Steve Barclay recently pledged to harness the full potential of AI technology to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the NHS, to “improve early diagnosis, reduce waiting times and free up clinician time”. One area where this technology can provide real tangible benefits is by reducing the number of people who Did Not Attend […]
Protected bike lanes — or cycling paths that are physically separated from roadways to keep cars away from more vulnerable micromobility vehicles — are becoming increasingly demanded by a growing population of bike commuters in the US. And in one case, they’re finally being enabled by a surprising source: a cute little electric mini-street sweeper. […]
Brave Cumbrian transplant heroes Becky Seaton and Daymon Johnstone, are preparing to represent the GB at the World Transplant games in Australia next month. Their stories highlight the difference that organ donations make and North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust urges people to have the conversation about whether or not you want to donate […]
A study has been published in Frontiers entitled ‘A novel electronic patient-reported outcome delivery system to implement health-related quality of life measures in routine clinical care: an analysis of five years of experience’. The study sought to develop a simple and secure technological solution to incorporate electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) into routine clinical care. For […]
Singaporean startup develops breath test for analysing fat burning Metanoia Sensing, a deep tech startup in Singapore, has come up with a breath analyser to help people monitor their fat burning and gain insights into their metabolic health risks. The non-invasive device called MetaNose uses a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System acetone sensor and a proprietary signal processing algorithm to […]
After a year of fundraising, construction firm The Champion Group will donate £11,747 to Hampshire Hospitals Charity, helping to fund improvements to child health services across hospitals sites run by Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT). The charity, which supports patients, staff and volunteers at Basingstoke, Winchester, Andover and Alton hospitals, was selected as The […]
