A team of international researchers led by University College London have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm said to detect and report subtle brain abnormalities which can cause epileptic seizures. The Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection (MELD) project used over 1000 MRI scans from 22 global epilepsy centres to develop the algorithm. […]
Month: August 2022
£1 million data centre for Lincolnshire’s hospitals
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has invested over £1 million in a new data centre as part of its ‘Going Digital’ journey. The new data centre will store its digital information and form the foundation for the trust to invest in a new electronic prescribing and medicines administration system, electronic patient […]
Call for views opens to tackle inequality in medical devices
A call for evidence has launched this week to gather insights on the potential of bias in medical devices. Former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, commissioned the independent review on equity in medical devices, to establish where and how potential ethnic and other unfair biases may […]
University of Glasgow research explores human-machine interfacing
Researchers from the University of Glasgow aim to find a new way to monitor and measure the tiny signals created when nerve cells transmit information to skeletal muscles, through EU-funded research project MAGNABLE. It is hoped that the project could enable future generations of prosthetic limbs to respond directly to […]
Home care agency adopts VR tech
A care home agency in Worcestershire has adopted virtual reality (VR) technology for staff and families to step into the reality of a person living with dementia. The virtual reality headset, called Elara, allows the user to gain a real insight into what challenges are faced by those living with […]
NHS England publishes 2022-2023 business plan with focus on digital
NHS England has published its business plan for 2022-2023, setting out their work in responding to pandemic challenges, transforming delivery of health and care through collaborative system working, and using data and digital technologies. To begin, the business plan outlines ten key areas in which improvements will be delivered. Digital will […]
Shared London urgent care plan platform deployed
An urgent care planning platform has been deployed across London, connecting NHS providers and local citizens across the capital with urgent care plans and support preferences digitally. The project involves 40 NHS trusts, 1400 GP practices and 33 local authorities who are connected through the openEHR data platform, from health […]
News in Brief: £20m funding for staffing tool, wound care app to launch, CIOs join advisory board…
Welcome to our latest news-in-brief! For this edition we cover the news of £20 million in funding for Patchwork Health, a growing industry advisory board, a new app to support wound care in Cambridge and Peterborough, a move to the cloud for the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, and tech to distract […]
Interoperability specialist merges with terminology management supplier
Interoperability specialists Lyniate and healthcare terminology management solution CareCom have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Lyniate, who recently merged with NextGate, a patient identity data management solution, said its latest merger is “to further extend the company’s ability to offer a complete suite of interoperability solutions.” With the addition of CareCom’s […]
Dr Penny Kechagioglou on digitising patient reported outcome measures
Dr Penny Kechagioglou, Chief Clinical Information Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, kindly shared her thoughts on digitising patient reported outcome measures in a blog for HTN. The UK digital transformation wave is mainly characterised by the roll-out of electronic health records and is […]
