Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has announced a partnership with Microsoft which will see them collaborate on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to transform child health. Areas of focus include machine learning, assisted decision making and the use of medical chatbots with an aim of providing care that […]
Month: May 2018
UCLH builds digital eco-system for surgeons
Digital Surgery, a health tech company shaping the future of surgery through the convergence of surgical expertise and technology has announced its partnership with University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH. Digital Surgery is building a digital ecosystem for surgeons and healthcare professionals, through partnerships with the healthcare community as well […]
Health experts in Birmingham and Guangzhou set up research institute
The University of Birmingham and Guangzhou Women & Children’s Medical Center have signed an agreement to establish a Joint Research Institute (JRI) that will use health data to help tackle childhood diseases. Birmingham’s expertise in data science will support Chinese researchers in exploring a range of maternal and childhood health […]
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership increases capacity by 30%
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership has boosted its capacity to deliver services to users by over 30 percent in the past year through the adoption of mobile working solutions provided by Totalmobile. Fife has introduced technology from Totalmobile to some 900 of its home care workers across the council […]
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen enhances decision making with AI
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust is working with UK-based artificial intelligence health company, Deontics, to enhance clinical decision making and reduce risk of heart attack. The Trust is using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the treatment of patients who have had a heart attack, in a project […]
Dictate.it launches next generation medical speech recognition ‘Dictate IT Live’
Dictate.it has launched a new medical speech recognition platform ‘Dictate IT Live’ – with a two months no-cost, no-commitment free trial for the primary care health market. The company has developed a Deep Neural Network based UK medical ASR engine which provides users with unparalleled accuracy from first use, with […]
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs signs $billion dollar contract with Cerner
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced an agreement with Cerner a global leader in health care technology, for the VA to use off-the-shelf Cerner solutions to provide veterans, transitioning service members and their care providers access to their medical history through a single electronic health record (EHR) system. […]
Ascensia updates Diabetes Care App
Ascensia Diabetes Care has launched an upgraded version of its Contour Diabetes app in 24 countries across the world. The app is designed to connect to the company’s integrated blood glucose device, the Contour Next One meter. The new version includes the new My Patterns feature which uses algorithms to […]
New 5 step guide launched to help a digital primary care
The Eastern Academic Health Science Network, one of 15 AHSNs in England, has produced a lessons learnt and implementation guide with support from the Lea Valley Health Federation in Hertfordshire. The five-step-guide focuses on the patient engagement element of delivering a digital primary care service. The digital primary care guide […]
NHS Leeds CCG tries online gaming advertising
Leeds CCG has kicked-off a UK digital first – MindMate, which helps young people in the city, will be seen via pitch-side ads on one of the world’s most popular computer games. The MindMate website was developed by NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as part of the ‘Future in […]