Salford Royal Hospital is now live with Sectra Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), for reporting and diagnostic imaging. Going live with the system provides reporters and radiologists at Salford Royal the ability to view and report on imaging studies, “rather than having to navigate separate systems to provide reports […]
Month: February 2025
The reveal: HTN Primary Care Awards finalists
HTN PRIMARY CARE AWARDS FINALISTS HTN is delighted to announce the finalists in the HTN Primary Care Awards! The awards provide a platform to share innovations, solutions, case studies, collaborations and projects to help shape future services and systems across health and care. Learn more about the innovators, health and […]
HTN Now: The practicalities of AI technologies; implementation, data, bias, adoption, policies, best practices
Our latest HTN Now webinar, supported by Restore Information Management, focused on the practicalities of AI technologies, exploring topics including implementation, adoption, the role of data, policy, regulation, evaluation and best practices. With the help of our expert panellists, we also took a closer look at examples of AI in […]
Bradford Teaching Hospitals reveals key findings of virtual wards programme
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has shared an evaluation of its virtual royal infirmary (VRI) programme, demonstrating the impact of its “hospital-level care directly to patients’ homes”. Since launching in June 2023, the service covers seven specialities, across acute medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, general surgery, renal, respiratory and vascular care, […]
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust opens procurement to improve maternity EPR
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust has published a tender notice for implementation services and support for its Cerner Millennium (Oracle Healthcare) electronic patient record, within maternity services. The trust hopes to “uplift” the maternity element of the EPR, to target “improvements to usage and data quality issues”, which was first […]
11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance awarded share of £1 million
SBRI Healthcare has awarded £1 million to 11 innovations tackling antimicrobial resistance, as part of its “Competition 25: AMR” phase 1 development funding competition. As part of the competition, projects will run for “up to six months” with the aim of demonstrating technical and commercial feasibility for innovative ideas including […]
Airedale NHS FT launches Careology app for cancer patients
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust recently won a bid to fund the rollout of the Careology cancer app, which will be used within the trust to provide 24/7 support to cancer patients and help to understand their needs. The Careology app is said to help keep patients connected with the relevant […]
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS FT board highlight EPR procurement and ongoing work around data quality, as trust announces exit from special measures
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust board meeting on 6 February highlighted plans around the procurement of an EPR to replace the trust’s current system, and ongoing work around data quality. This week the trust also announced it’s no longer in NHS oversight framework segment 4 (formerly known as special […]
UK government announces £82.6 million in funding for projects harnessing AI to diagnose and treat cancer
The UK government has announced £82.6 million in research funding for three projects, two of which are using emerging technologies such as AI to tackle cancer. The government has also made a commitment to provide researchers with access to “cutting-edge computing resources” to help harness “the power of AI”. PharosAI, […]
Dawn Health launches app to help support breast cancer patients
Danish health tech supplier, Dawn Health has launched a new app to help support breast cancer patients throughout their treatment journey. The Cora BC app was developed in collaboration with pharmaceutical company, Novartis, with the aim to keep breast cancer patients informed on their treatment, while also giving them the […]
