Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is to go live with artificial intelligence software from Brainomix next month. The AI software analyses CT images of the brain and its blood vessels immediately after the patient has a scan. It automatically highlights the area of probable damage and the blocked blood vessel, […]
Month: February 2020
Boots to trial Doctor Care Anywhere digital prescription service
Boots has launched a new service in 20 stores across London to provide a digital prescription service using technology from Doctor Care Anywhere. The tech company supports thousands of GP consultations and will be providing its new prescription service so patients have the option to have their prescriptions sent electronically to a […]
Interview Series: Anil Madhar and Mark Smith, Enovacom
In our latest interview we spoke with Anil Madhar and Mark Smith, from Enovacom, an Orange Business subsidiary that provides health and care organisations with interoperability tools that delivers the secure exchange of data between the health economy stakeholders promoting collaboration. We asked Anil and Mark a few questions to […]
Scientists discover antibiotic using AI
Using artificial intelligence scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new type of antibiotic to kill dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. The team from MIT using a machine learning algorithm have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria, […]
InterSystems ePMA saves North Tees 53 hours a day
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust introduced the InterSystems TrakCare electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system, removing the previous paper based process. The trust said in result nurses have saved more than 50 hours each day, or 19,345 hours a year, and have seen safer ways of working and a […]
Wales Informatics Service introduces new tech and replaces 30 year old system
The NHS Wales Informatics Service has signed a seven-year contract with WellSky to implement a new pharmacy system and has also launched its own bowel cancer screening software. The pharmacy software replaces a 30 year old system, and is part of a major plan to modernise pharmacy and prescribing. Colin Powell, Chief […]
Medtech device for chronic wounds raises £7m
Inotec AMD, the company behind an innovative device to heal and treat complex chronic wounds using ure humidified oxygen, has secured £7m in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures. The device can be used to treat a range of chronic wounds, from diabetic and venous ulcers to non-healing surgical wounds. […]
AI study at University Hospitals of Leicester shows potential
A study at University Hospitals of Leicester using an algorithm developed by health tech start up Behold.ai has shown promising results in investigating AI’s ability to prioritise potential cancers in the lungs. The team worked with the trust to test the software which was run on the chest X-rays of 1,513 patients who […]
EMIS ePMA live at Scunthorpe hospital
Scunthorpe hospital part of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with paper free prescribing this month using EMIS. The hospital is the second of the trust’s hospitals to go live with the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system. Goole hospital staff started using the system […]
HTN Voice: Population Health Management, shaping the care pathway through flow optimisation
By Orlando Agrippa, CEO of Draper & Dash Predictive Healthcare Analytics Working on the ground with healthcare teams and executives, I’ve seen time and time again the serious impact that factors which are often overlooked in the realm of patient care can have. Beyond the issue of medical optimisation and clinical […]
