In September, 42 AI projects joined the NHS AI Lab through its AI in Health and Care Award programme. The programme is run in partnership with the Accelerated Access Collaborative and NHSX, and forms part of the NHS Artificial Intelligence Lab announced by Matt Hancock in 2019. £140m is to be invested […]
Month: December 2020
West Lothian Council adopts tech to improve medication adherence
West Lothian Council has adopted a new medication management system to help improve medication adherence and compliance, said to be by 80%. The programme, called YOURmeds, allows users to keep track of when they need to take their medication and report whether they have done so or not. This data […]
Making the case for automating cancer trial matching
During a recent virtual fireside chat, I met with industry experts Courtney Hudson, President and Founder of Carebox; and Cyntha Griffo; Director of Communications and Education at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss the current state of cancer trial matching. This conversation offered the opportunity […]
Feature: Digital Social Care
In our latest feature, we speak with Julie O’Connor, Head of Product Management, and Julie Tyas, Senior Business Application Consultant at Servelec, to explore some of their digital programmes supporting social care services. What technology have you implemented in the social care space over the past 6 months? Julie O’Connor: […]
Birmingham and Solihull STP plans Health Information Exchange
Birmingham and Solihull STP has announced plans to launch a Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the next few months. The first phase of the platform will include GP practice records, basic information from secondary care, including hospitals, mental health and community services, radiology and pathology results and maternity records. Following going live, information from community […]
Virtual patient training platform launched
A virtual reality and augmented reality tech provider, built by an NHS trauma surgeon, has launched a new training programme focusing on interactions with a ‘virtual patient’. The new programme aims to support medics and trainees to interact with AI-powered ‘patients’, either through their tablet, desktop or VR or AR […]
UNICEF and Microsoft team-up for global open source case management tool
UNICEF and Microsoft have been developing a new tool, Primero X, to support social service providers coordinate support to vulnerable children. The web application is currently being piloted in Ghana, with an aim to roll-out to other countries in 2022. The first version of the software is being used in 29 […]
HTN Voice: Getting the NHS ready for digital
The Highland Marketing advisory board wanted to discuss how health and care organisations can make sure they are ready to implement technology and get the best use out of it. Who better to lead the discussion than James Freed, chief information officer for Health Education England? “Every year,” James […]
Google launches app for health research
Google has announced this week the launch of a new app to support clinical research studies. The app has been launched in a bid to support research institutions with greater participation and engagement in health research. The first study through the app, is focused on respiratory illness, such as COVID-19. With […]
Cambridge University Hospitals deploys AI models into routine clinical practice
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT has started to deploy its machine learning models developed with Microsoft Research over eight years, into routine clinical practice. The artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being introduced to automate radiotherapy preparations, to reduce cancer waiting times. The AI technology, known as InnerEye, is a result of an […]
