North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has upgraded its electronic document management system, moving from on-premise to the cloud. The Trust has utilised the system from software supplier CCube Solutions over several years to manage and deliver patient electronic records around the organisation with the system deployed locally. It has […]
Month: February 2021
Video: Exploring Sussex Partnership FT’s digital journey
During the midway point of our first HTN Now Series of the year, we aired a fantastic talk by Beth Lawton, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT). Working for a large mental health and learning disabilities trust with over 6,000 staff, Beth was keen to […]
Cardiff Uni announces ‘pioneering’ support app for fertility struggles
Cardiff University has developed what it calls a ‘pioneering research-based app’ to provide support and advice for people who are unable to fulfil their wish to have children. The app – MyJourney – is from the University’s Fertility Studies Research Group at the School of Psychology. Created in collaboration with […]
Interview Series: Andrea Jones, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
In our latest interview, HTN had the opportunity to talk to Andrea Jones, Medical Photography Team Leader at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, about an app she has recently implemented within the hospital. The app integrates with the Royal Preston Hospital’s FotoWare Digital Asset Management system, and is used […]
Chelsea and Westminster FT collaborates to develop diabetes app
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has co-designed a diabetes app for patients, to help support remote self-management. The Trust has announced the arrival of the new DBm-Health™ app, a co-creation between clinicians and the company Sensyne Health. The technology is currently being launched to a “limited number” of […]
The Health Foundation announces funding for 30 projects
Q Exchange, the collaborative community-funded programme started by the Health Foundation has revealed the projects that will qualify for £30,000 worth of funding. 122 proposals were trimmed down to 30, with entrants demonstrating their ideas around a theme of ’embedding positive changes emerging through new collaborations or partnerships during COVID-19′. […]
AI and machine learning tech to spot breast cancer early
AI technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been found to help predict breast cancer in patients. The software called “Mirai” has shown to be three times more likely to find early signs of breast cancer in patients, compared to previous statistical techniques. It is being developed to […]
The Faculty of Clinical Informatics opens for applications
The Faculty of Clinical Informatics has opened a call for applications for new members and fellows, to add to its membership base of 780 clinical informaticians. The professional membership charity supports health and social care informaticians across the UK, with an aim to advance the profession and support the best use of […]
Video: Digital innovation at Royal Brompton & Harefield
During our HTN Now series 2021, we heard from Dr Jonathan Behar, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. The talk was to highlight digital innovation at the Trust, with a particular focus on digital pathways for pre-operative consent. In his live session, Dr Behar […]
Interview Series: Tony Corkett and Neil Taber of Cloud21
Before the Christmas break, HTN caught up – over video link, of course – with health IT consultancy Cloud21, to talk about interoperability in the NHS. To get a birds-eye view of the bigger picture as well as technical detail on the nuts and bolts of digital transformation in the […]
