A study published in Nature earlier this year centres around the AI-Rad Companion Chest X-ray from Siemens Healthineers, an artificial-intelligence based application used to analyse chest X-rays. The study examines the effectiveness of the AI-Rad, its key benefits and features as well as any potential drawbacks and concerns from a […]
Month: June 2023
The role of digital in the 2023 mandate for NHS England
The government has published their mandate to NHS England, setting out their objectives for 2023 onwards. In the foreword from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay states: “We need to enable the health service to deliver and recover in two key ways; through supporting innovation […]
East Lancashire Hospitals goes live with EPR
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with its electronic patient record system over the weekend. The programme, known as ‘eLancs’, is designed to improve patient care by replacing paper-based notes and records with digital tools, including introducing a new electronic patient record system across its hospitals. Highlights of the […]
“Cutting waiting lists, recovery plans, tech and workforce” Steve Barclay highlights priorities at NHS Confed
At NHS Confed, secretary of health and social care Steve Barclay delivered a keynote talk focussing on the priorities of “cutting waiting lists; the three recovery plans; tech; and workforce” as well as stating “I am protecting the tech budget.” “Now, I don’t think there’s anything original about a secretary […]
Northern Care Alliance NHS to develop app to predict and prevent patient safety incidents
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust has announced that work has started to develop an AI-driven app to predict and prevent “patient safety incidents” for those recovering from brain injury or other brain conditions. Recognising the challenges that these types of conditions can pose, the Northern Care Alliance’s Salford […]
Collaborative Health Innovation Lab launched in Gloucestershire
A new lab has been opened by the University of Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to “explore how innovations like wearable technology and artificial intelligence can be used to help the NHS”. The Health Innovation Lab aims to help solve large-scale challenges facing the NHS, including waiting lists, […]
NHSE accelerates teledermatology programme with July 2023 roll-out target
NHS England has announced the expansion and accelerated roll-out of their teledermatology programme, with the aim of helping patients receive faster skin cancer diagnoses and treatment. NHSE describes how using a dermatoscope, a lens “the size of a 50p piece that can be attached to a phone camera”, high spec images […]
NHS Confed reveals results of survey on patient attitudes toward health tech
The NHS Confederation has announced findings from commissioned research undertaken by Ipsos on public attitudes toward health technologies. One of the main findings from this research is that the majority of people “would use health technology if it meant they could avoid going into hospital”, with 72 percent responding that […]
NHS App to include mental health and MSK tools and new commercial pathway in development: Lord Markham at London Tech Week
Lord Markham delivered a keynote speech at London Tech Week 2023, to highlight how the government is supporting innovation, the introduction of mental health and MSK tools into the NHS App, and a new proposed commercial framework to “improve market access” and “consolidate the buying points”. On the NHS App, Markham said: […]
UKRI invests in artificial intelligence, innovation and research
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced that it will be investing £54 million to develop artificial intelligence technologies in the UK, along with investing £7 million to “establish the Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC) as a world leading centre of excellence in research and innovation funding”. AI investments The […]
