A new NHS service has been launched today to enable people to sign up to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials. The service allows people to sign up to inform researchers they are happy to be contacted to take part in these studies. Researchers have opened the call seeking people from […]
Month: July 2020
Bupa Cromwell Hospital adopts Visionable
Bupa Cromwell Hospital has adopted video collaboration technology from Visionable to support its UK and international patients. It was introduced by the hospital at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to continue to deliver healthcare services safely, and to enable consultants to discuss patient cases as part of virtual multidisciplinary […]
Royal Wolverhampton implements tool to predict use of PPE
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has utilised technology from TeleTracking to report on, measure and predict Personal Protective Equipment numbers. The tool allowed the trust to measure the amount of PPE needed day-by-day and week-by-week by front-line staff. It mapped data on the use of PPE, with NHS guidance and modelled it […]
Sheffield Children’s to trial digital patient hub
Sheffield Children’s NHS FT is due to trial a digital portal for young patients and their parents, using technology from Netcall. The trust will introduce a new ‘Patient Hub’ in an effort to ease the pressures of appointment management. Parents will be able to confirm, rebook or cancel hospital outpatient appointments, providing […]
Morecambe Bay introduces Robotic Process Automation
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT has introduced Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology from Blue Prism. The technology is being used in the maternity department to search, download and print women’s blood test results for antenatal and newborn screening programmes when the are available. The trust said the technology […]
Telemedicine robots support Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey
Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital are utilising telemedicine robots during COVID-19 for clinicians to be virtually on the ward, without needing to be in the room, or hospital. Clinicians have been using new telemedicine robots, funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, to treat young patients. Paediatric and […]
NHSX to release COVID-19 forecasting tool to local organisations
NHSX has announced a COVID-19 forecasting tool, developed with tech firm Palantir, is to be made available to local NHS organisations. NHSX said the forecasting tool that is part of the NHS COVID-19 Data Store, will support local and national health leaders by providing information and data related to COVID-19. The […]
New app to support County Durham and Darlington cancer patients
A new app is to be rolled-out by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to support patients during and following cancer treatment. The app has been developed by Health Call and technology provider Inhealthcare. The project has been funded by the Northern Cancer Alliance, with content developed by the Macmillan […]
Boots offers people living with cancer free access to video consultations
Boots has announced it will offer a new online consultation service for free to those affected by cancer. Through a video consultation, using the Livi platform, people will be able to speak to a trained healthcare professional for free, a service that would usually cost £39. Boots, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer […]
HTN Trends Series: Health tech leaders discuss their 2020 priorities
At the start of the year as part of the HTN Health Tech Trends Series, sponsored by InterSystems, we asked health tech leaders for their aims and priorities for 2020. In this article we revisited this theme and spoke with health tech leaders across the country to discuss their priorities […]
