NHS England has announced an expansion to its online ‘matching’ platform to include cancer, diagnostic checks and outpatient appointments. The platform allows staff to “view and add available surgery slots in hospitals across the country, including independent sector capacity” as part of efforts to allocate patients, and has since January been […]
Month: August 2023
NICE draft guidance recommends AI technologies to increase contouring efficiency
NICE has published draft guidance to recommend nine technologies to assist in planning treatment for patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy for prostate, lung or colorectal cancers. The technologies can be used to produce “contours” or outlines of the healthy organs, in which NICE estimates 3,750 hours of time could be […]
Accurx’s Dr Satya Raghuvanshi on what could revolutionising patient flow using technology look like?
Dr Satya Raghuvanshi, VP of Clinical, Accurx A recent poll by HTN asked readers which challenge in health and care they thought should be the biggest priority – 60% said “revolutionising patient flow”. Clearly it’s a hot topic, and for good reason. Patient flow, i.e. the speed and efficiency in […]
“We are on a journey of continuous improvement” – X-on Health on the digital front door of primary care access
In our recent HTN Now event focusing on digital primary care, we were joined by Paul Bensley (joint managing director) and Derrick Measham (research and development director) from X-on Health, for a discussion on cloud-based telephony. Who are X-on Health? Paul began by establishing X-on Health’s background, stating that the […]
Markets authority provisionally clears £1.2 billion EMIS purchase
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared and found no competition concerns for UnitedHealth’s proposed £1.2 billion purchase of EMIS. The CMA noted that while the merging businesses do not supply competing services, Optum part of UnitedHealth, and its competitors use the data that EMIS holds and integrate […]
King’s College London to explore environmental sustainability of AI-enabled digital health
A new research project led by King’s College London seeks to explore the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence enabled health, with a central focus on how “ethical principles can be integrated to improve the sustainability” of digital health systems. The project, ‘Exploring digital health promises and practices through a sustainability […]
Deep dive: exploring electronic health records in South Africa, Ethiopia and Nigeria
For our new series here on HTN, over the next couple of months we’ll be developing our international insights by sharing a regular deep dive into the world of health tech in different countries and continents. First up, we’re exploring electronic health records in Africa. Barriers and facilitators to electronic […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals seeks to engage market for its Innovation Pop-Up across seven digital areas: virtual care, network infrastructure, patient flow and more
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to engage the market across seven thematic areas – clinical communications, virtual care, operations, SMART buildings, inpatient central monitoring, patient flow and network infrastructure – with a view to suppliers of digital solutions in these areas exploring the prospect of membership to the trust’s […]
CQC digital record system guidance places emphasis on availability, security and governance with a person-centred approach
Care Quality Commission has released guidance on best practice for digital record systems, focusing on the role of “good quality records” in providing “safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care”, and sharing four principles for providers around keeping systems person-centred with emphasis on availability, security, and governance. The first of the four […]
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI collaborate on responsible development of frontier AI models
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have announced that they are collaborating to form a new industry body focusing on ensuring the “safe and responsible” development of frontier AI models, hoping to facilitate collaboration, identify best practices, and advance AI safety research. The Frontier Model Forum “will draw on the technical […]
