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NHS England has announced that patients will be offered a shortlist of at least five care providers to choose from through the NHS app, when they are referred by a GP. The move aims to provide patients with more choice and control over their own care, providing a patient with providers […] The post NHS App to provide patients choice between providers at GP referral appea...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   1 week ago

Featuring content from Amwell. For our Digital ICS feature series, we heard from Amwell on the role of online cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) within an integrated care system, with focus on the use of their SilverCloud platform at Warwickshire East Primary Care Network and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The […] The post Feature: the role of online cogniti...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   1 week ago

Harrogate and District NHS FT has highlighted the positive impact of a new tool, developed by Mr Dave Duffy, consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the trust. The multimedia tool has been developed to support patients understand their knee arthroscopy treatment – a type of keyhole surgery for checking or […] The post Digital tool supports understanding of knee...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   1 week ago

Huckleberry's free app is a robust and easy to use baby tracker but is the paid version with SweetSpot worth it? Here's what an upgrade gets you....

Pregnant Chicken: Pregnancy & New Parenthood With Humor & Honesty   1 week ago

NICE has recommended nine digital therapies to support adults with anxiety disorders and adults with depression. Six therapies have been recommended by NICE for anxiety: Beating the Blues, Space from Anxiety, Spring for PTSD, iCT-PTSD, iCT-SAD and Perspectives. Three digital therapies have been recommended for depression: Beating the Blues, Deprexis and Space from Depres...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   2 weeks ago

Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System has commissioned the introduction of the Patients Know Best patient portal. The three-year deal across the region will see the portal introduced at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.   It forms part of the ICS’s digital […] The post Mid and South Essex ICS comm...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   3 weeks ago

The FDA's pandemic flexibilities gave a major boost to mental health apps. What happens now?...

STAT   3 weeks ago

Here we take a deep dive into patient portals, exploring the current stats around coverage and functionality, the benefits highlighted in a case study from Hull University Teaching Hospitals, and recent research into the topic. In March, at HETT North, the NHS’s national director of transformation at the time, Tim […] The post Deep dive: coverage, benefits and resea...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   4 weeks ago

A new study has been published that explores a digital maternity app in use at University College London Hospitals NHS FT, specifically focusing on access and engagement among vulnerable pregnant women. The research entitled ‘The impact of digital healthcare on vulnerable pregnant women: A review of the use of the MyCare app […] The post Study of maternity app at ...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   1 month ago

On 20 April, we attended Bruntwood Sci-Tech’s event on healthy digital innovation, which featured a panel of speakers with unique and varied experience across psychological and digital tech sectors. Speakers included Dr Jan Smith, psychologist and creator of the MindYourself App; Alex La Via, founder of Live More Offline; and Tim Brazier, managing […] The post &#...

Health Tech Newspaper - HTN   1 month ago