ZeroAvia and Natilus team up to develop a hydrogen-electric autonomous cargo plane

  • May 25, 2023
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Autonomous freight aircraft developer Natilus has announced it will offer ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen-electric engine as a propulsion option on its blended wing body (BWB) cargo plane. The two aviation companies have formed a strategic partnership to jointly-develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flown entirely by hydrogen-electric propulsion. As one of the more prominent zero-emission aviation […]

Meeting the staff shortage crisis with digital solutions

  • May 25, 2023
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Right now, the global healthcare industry faces a worldwide staffing shortage that is roundly expected to worsen. A combination of factors is to blame, some pandemic-related – including the tragic scale of COVID-related deaths among healthcare workers – and others structural. In Europe, where I live, the impact of the shortage has already grown profound: […]

Healthtech unicorn Alan achieves unprecedented growth with CircleCI

  • May 25, 2023
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CircleCI, the leading continuous integration and delivery platform, has played a pivotal role in Alan‘s remarkable growth and success as a pioneering force in the healthcare industry.  Alan, the disruptive French unicorn and the country’s first digital health company, has already made waves in the healthcare sector by reaching an impressive €280m ARR with a […]

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“Digital is providing some key enablers for real strategic change”: CIO Adrian Byrne on digital in Southampton – htn

  • May 25, 2023
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At HTN: Digital ICS, we hosted a discussion with Adrian Byrne, chief information officer of University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHSFT), on the integration challenges for an integrated care system. The discussion focused on the successes and challenges experienced by the UHSFT in rolling out their digital strategy, covering areas including interoperability, coordination, innovation […]

Stellantis invests in lithium-sulfur tech to promote low-cost, US-sourced EV batteries

  • May 25, 2023
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On Thursday, Stellantis revealed a new investment in Lyten, an advanced materials company and pioneer behind lithium-sulfur EV battery tech. Silicon Valley-based startup Lyten says its LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery addresses the challenges typically associated with sulfur, enabling twice the energy density, improved payload, and roughly a 60% lower carbon footprint than traditional lithium-ion EV […]

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NHS SBS opens cloud solutions framework – htn

  • May 25, 2023
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NHS Shared Business Services has opened a new framework opportunity to support the procurement of cloud solutions. Through an estimated £500 million framework, it includes four lots to cover solution design and consultancy, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS). The contract is currently active, however […]

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News in brief: Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system in Somerset, innovative decontamination equipment in Leeds, remote monitoring in Lancashire, and more – htn

  • May 25, 2023
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Here’s a brief overview of some of the stories within the health tech community that have caught our eye. £1.5million Da Vinci Xi surgical robotic system to be introduced in Somerset Musgrove Park and Yeovil Hospitals, part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, have already begun training surgeons on the use of a new £1.5 million […]

ChatGPT: A new era of AI that will transform health and social care

  • May 25, 2023
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Mike Taylor, chief technology officer for Radar Healthcare, explores the impact Open AI and natural language processing, such as that found within ChatGPT, will have on health and social care. ChatGPT has become the fastest growing consumer application in history. According to a recent report by Reuters, just eight weeks after it launched, ChatGPT had […]

Turkey’s runoff election is paralyzing key oil exports from northern Iraq

  • May 25, 2023
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A satellite image showing the port of Ceyhan centred on August 18, 2015 in Turkey. Gallo Images | Gallo Images | Getty Images Turkey’s runoff election is compounding delays to restart roughly 450,000 barrels per day of Iraqi crude oil exports, as Ankara studies its relationship with Baghdad, analysts and market sources told CNBC. Oil […]