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Virtual Healthcare On A Global Scale
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) isn’t a new concept, but interest and adoption have increased significantly in the past 18 months. The pandemic took remote care from an enticing notion to the need-to-have status it holds now. Covid-19 spurred healthcare systems and organizations around the world to explore and execute medical monitoring differently.
Read more5G could have a transformative effect on many of the UK’s enterprises and industries
What are the real timelines and is the UK actually ready for 5G? Real Wireless new paper is based on the work with UK5G. Download it here.
Read more120 GP practices deploy X-on telephony tools
Practices across Stockport and North Central London CCG have deployed X-on’s telephony solution, Surgery Connect. The company has announced the completion of the two deployments, spanning 120 GP practices across the areas, delivering its cloud-based system. It means practices can access multiple telephone lines, manage call queues, report on trends and call volumes, tailor messages, and utilise call centre support during busy periods. X-on now cites an estimated 11.2 million patients are served by 1,170 practices in England and Wales using its tools. Hardip Kahlon, Senior Programme Manager at North Central London CCG, said: “The technology has made day-to-day practice management easier, and also for doctors when they want to dial out to contact a patient as they no longer have to work around a limited number of phone lines. Patients are benefiting too as they no longer experience an engaged line when trying to book a call at a busy time for the practice, but can retain their place in the queue by getting a call back for an appointment.” Paul Bensley, Chief Executive Officer at X-on, added: “In the last twenty months primary care has faced its own particular challenges in meeting the healthcare needs of patients, requiring it to be highly adaptable and versatile. “Implementing a cloud-based telephony system that draws on innovative, contemporary technology is an essential component in providing a modern, flexible, multi-function platform that enables patients and practices to communicate quickly and effortlessly.” In August, HTN welcomed X-on for our first Digital Primary Care conference. The company held a session to discuss how to support GP surgeries with call demand. The talk focused on how cloud telephony can support primary care providers with managing call demand, as well as remote consultations and other services. You can watch the session back here.
Read moreNHS BACKLOG In Association with Copeland Clinical Ai (C2-Ai)
17th February 2022 This event is free to attend and looks to focus on the following topics: Recruitment & Retention Diagnostics Infrastructure Elective Treatment Patients Flow Read more here.
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How Big Health’s Digital Therapeutics are partnering with the Scottish Government to meet increased demand to improve insomnia and anxiety
By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for healthtech and writer for Giant Health. Few among us will have escaped the curse of sleepless nights, when unless adrenaline courses through our veins, one is at best sluggish and somewhat out of sorts…
Read moreFour of Kamet Ventures portfolio companies have been named to The DIA Community's Top 250!
Congratulations to Air Doctor, AKUR8, Anorak and Setoo now known as Pattern on their selection and inclusion among 250 of the most impressive, inspiring and impactful #insurtechs! Read more here.
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How tragedy and the film Avatar inspired Mélanie Peron's to create an innovative virtual reality device to take away the pain and anguish of invasive clinical procedures
By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for Healthtech and for Giant Health Melanie Peron is no stranger to pain. A migraine sufferer for years, she tried everything from drugs to alternative therapies, all to no avail. Yet, it wasn’t her migraines…
Read moreDecoding the Neural Control of the Heart with BIOS Technology
BIOS is unlocking the potential of the nervous system to treat some of humanity’s most pressing chronic diseases, using neural read-write technology. Discover how in their latest whitepaper here.
Read moreWales awards £2 million tender for digital clinical assessments and interventions
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership has announced the intention to award a £2 million contract to Healois, an online provider of specialist child and young person’s mental health services. The body is to award the contract for CAMHS clinical assessments and interventions via the company’s digital platform, to help increase capacity in the short term and improve access to services. Funding has been made available to support the digital service up to 31 March 2022, with an extension to be reviewed. The health board said in the contract notice it required a digital platform for referrals to be easily shared, to provide service user monitoring metrics and allow for clinical session information to be shared to the health board electronic patient record. Healios will provide services seven-days a week, 8am – 9pm, processing referrals within seven days of receipt. The requirements also included the ability to “deliver mental health assessments in line with the Mental Health Measure (2010) across primary mental health and specialist CAMHS services”. The notice highlighted: “Healios are fully aware of the service operating model and have successfully mirrored that in their delivery of services to our patient group. Similarly, they have a working knowledge of all our policies and procedures, including demonstrating strong adherence and collaborative working in regard to safeguarding procedures. Based on the information outlined in this notice, the health board is applying a 10 day standstill period prior to awarding the contract.” The contact also required the software tool to provide the “ability to produce real time performance reports such as number of interventions completed, safeguarding or risk incidence, achievement of outcomes” and to “mirror core services in the management of DNAs and communication of these”. In related news on the topic, HTN recently reported on Dorset CAMHS offering a new online approach to tackle teenage depression and an all-in-one mental health app launched at Alder Hey Children’s NHS FT.
Read moreSleep experts have weighed in to explain why the early hours of the morning put our minds into overdrive
In a new article published by Newsweek, Big Health Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Colin A. Espie weighs in to explain why the early hours of the morning put our minds into overdrive and the importance of behavioral therapy techniques to…
Read moreInnovations in focus: all 35 winners of NHSX’s new Adoption Fund
HTN recently covered the announcement of NHSX’s new Adoption Fund winners. The 35 successful innovations, and the teams behind them, will each receive a share of the £6.5 million funding pot. Spread out across five areas – gastroenterology, musculoskeletal, perioperative, cardiology and cardiac surgery pathways, and digital inclusion – the innovations are expected to support priorities around elective recovery and have the potential for a rapid roll-out across the NHS. Expert panels comprised of charities, clinicians and researchers, chose the winners from 138 applicants. And then there were 35 – but what are the innovations that topped the shortlist, and which could be coming to a hospital or a clinic near you, soon? From remote care, self-management models, and targeted pilots, through to ways to empower digital maternity services, a digital exclusion mapping tool, video rehab, and AI triaged health coaching, there’s a feast of imaginative ideas and insights for harnessing technology. So, HTN decided to take a closer look at the winning entries…
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How Vyasa’s Data Fabric is Revolutionizing Healthcare and Life Science Data Management
By Teresa Murray, freelance writer for HealthTech and Giant Health Conference writer Dark data is a major challenge facing organizations today. Dark data, is unstructured data lying in storage silos that are difficult to access. Think PDF documents, PowerPoint presentations,…
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