Crown Commercial Service has published procurement opportunities for a new framework agreement around the latest iteration of G-Cloud, a UK government initiative aiming to ease procurement of cloud-based computing services including hosting, software and support. G-Cloud is designed to help public sector organisations in finding affiliated technology suppliers and purchase […]
Author: Amy Archer-Williams
Poll: where should digital investment go in the short term?
Over on LinkedIn, we asked our audience for views on where digital investment should go in the short term – to patient-facing technology; cross-organisational workflows; data, demand and visibility tools; or digitising/removing paper? We received over 130 votes and views were fairly spread out, with cross-organisational workflows taking the lead […]
Feature: making virtual wards a success
Content by Access. Healthcare technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, as has the way in which care is designed, assigned and delivered. One of the drivers of this is the emergence of virtual care; a fully remote, practical and adaptable approach to providing care – improving […]
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals virtual wards supports A&E performance
Barking, Havering and Redbridge (BHR) University Hospitals NHS Trust has shared an update on the impact of its frailty virtual ward playing a role in helping to keep frail older people out of A&E. The trust notes how the latest national A&E figures, released this month, demonstrate “continued improvement” with 50.6 […]
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS announces introduction of patient engagement portal
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has announced the introduction of a new patient engagement portal, to be delivered in partnership with DrDoctor and due to roll-out across the trust in March. The trust says that the portal is intended to offer people more choice when booking appointments, and to […]
Thermometer app from Google utilises infrared sensor to allow users to take temperature using their phone
Google has shared insight into the development of its new Thermometer app for smartphones, which forms part of the January pixel feature drop for the Pixel 8 Pro and enables users to scan someone’s forehead with their smartphone in order to measure body temperature. The app uses an infrared sensor […]
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital goes live with shared care record
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital went live with their shared care record yesterday, according to a LinkedIn post shared by Norfolk and Waveney ICB, with the ICB noting that the digital team will be present throughout the week to provide training and support to staff members using the system. Digital […]
£1m in funding from NHSE for seven trusts through the Wireless Trials programme
NHS England has announced that around £1 million in funding has been awarded to seven trusts as part of NHSE’s Wireless Trials programme, designed to support organisations in introducing “new opportunities for wireless technologies that could help transform patient care”. Participating trusts include Manchester University NFT, trialling an approach that […]
Three new trusts join London Care Record
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have started to share data through the London Care Record. Including details such as allergies, medicines, latest test results and care plans, the London Care Record is currently said to be […]
Lilli announces £8.2m in Series A financing to support scale-up, AI and new app
Lilli, supplier of lifestyle monitoring tech, has announced that £8.2 million has been raised in Series A financing – a 37 percent increase from the initial target – with the aim of supporting the organisation in scaling up across the public and private health sectors; enabling further exploration of artificial […]
