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Month: August 2019
Sheffield Children’s Hospital trials Asthma app
A new asthma app is being trialled at Sheffield Children’s Hospital to help children manage severe asthma. The App from Aseptika helps patients and parents better manage servere asthma outside of hospital by connecting their inhalers to the app. The app is a place to input information, help educate and […]
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS FT picks CliniSys ICE for GP requesting
47 GP Practices across Devon and Exeter will be able to order pathology tests digitally, replacing the current paper process for ordering tests. Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust will use CliniSys ICE to enable GPs to order tests. A pilot of 5 GP practices will take place before […]
73 suppliers submit to GP IT Futures framework
73 suppliers have submitted tender applications to be part of the first phase of the GP IT Futures programme, NHS Digital has announced. Stage one of the process has now closed, with applications now progressing to a second stage of rigorous testing. The new GP IT Futures framework will replace […]
NHS Digital and Accenture agree perimeter security deal
NHS Digital has signed a contract with Accenture to provide the NHS with free-to-adopt, perimeter security services. The deal includes technology from Palo Alto, an American cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its core products are a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those […]
Interview Series: Bryn Sage, Chief Executive, Inhealthcare
In our Interview Series this week, we spoke with Bryn Sage, the chief executive from Inhealthcare, the specialists in digital health and remote patient monitoring. We asked Bryn as few questions: Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your organisation? I’m Bryn Sage, the Yorkshire-born chief executive of Inhealthcare. […]
Discussion: What are the main challenges in healthcare tech?
In the first of a two part series we asked the HTN audience via LinkedIn for their views on the main challenges in healthcare technology and we asked if there is progress to be made, what could be done to address these challenges? Following a post on LinkedIn on Saturday, 10th August […]
Researchers integrate genomics data in to Irish electronic patient records
Researchers from Ireland’s HSE Epilepsy Lighthouse Project and FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, have developed a new genomics module in the Irish National Epilepsy Electronic Patient Record system. Many adults and children with epilepsy of unknown causes now undergo genomic testing, which can help […]
Wellbeing and Brainomix partner to support stroke diagnosis
Wellbeing Software has partnered with AI Specialist Brainomix to accelerate the introduction of AI and deep learning to assist clinical decision making for ischemic stroke patients. The Brainomix solution utilises Artificial Intelligence, deep learning algorithms and clinical engineering to assist healthcare professionals with imaging decision support. When a patient is admitted […]
Hadley Beeman, Tara Donnelly and Dr Sam Roberts comment on the new AI Lab
News broke this morning, Matt Hancock announced a new £250 million fund for a National Artificial Intelligence Lab to be led by NHSX and the Accelerated Access Collaborative. Hadley Beeman, Tara Donnelly, Dr Sam Roberts commented on the news: Hadley Beeman, Chief Technology Offier, NHSX “We will be transforming some of our […]
