Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust has announced the roll-out of uPerform, an innovative learning platform for its electronic patient record system, Epic®. The trust selected uPerform to support the onboarding and ongoing training experience for caregivers, ensuring its hospital staff – Epic users – have the resources needed to […]
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News in brief: portable virtual radiotherapy system in Tayside, digital tech for COPD, research for speech recognition tech, and more
Here, we take a look at some of the news on digital and data that has caught our eye over the last few weeks. Portable virtual radiotherapy system benefits cancer patients at the Tayside Cancer Centre A portable Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training system is being used at Tayside Cancer Centre […]
Electrocardiographic imaging vest developed by UCL and Royal Free researchers supports 800 patients
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has shared insight into an electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) vest developed by their researchers alongside a research team from University College London, which sees electrical data from 256 sensors combined with MRI images to generate 3D digital models of the heart and its electrical activity. […]
Interview: “A big focus has been around creating and embedding a digital culture of change” Aislinn Gannon, Ireland’s Health Service Executive
We had the opportunity to speak with Aislinn Gannon, general manager for digital health at Ireland’s Health Service Executive, on her experience with digital health programmes, and her perspectives on the future of tech in health. We started out by asking Aislinn to tell us a little bit about herself […]
Digital transformation priorities for 2024 and beyond, from across the NHS
As 2023 comes to a close, we asked professionals from across the NHS what their priorities, hopes and aims are for health tech and digital healthcare in 2024 and beyond… Rus Clark, digital architect for One Care, the GP federation that represents and supports practices across Bristol, North Somerset and […]
Healthcare Improvement Scotland announces new app-based service to support decision-making
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has shared that a new app-based service described as a “one-stop shop” is to be delivered to support clinical and care decision-making, marking the latest step in the roll-out of the Right Decision Service (RDS) – a programme designed to support professionals delivering care by providing access […]
News in brief: virtual tours for patients with additional needs at Solent NHS, miniature pacemaker implanted in Southampton, and more
Let’s look into some of the health tech news stories which have caught our eye over the last few weeks. Virtual tours for patients with additional needs at Solent NHS Trust’s Special Care Dental Service Solent NHS Trust has partnered with Autek CIC, an “inclusive technology company”, to introduce virtual […]
Reflections from across the NHS: Primary care access, patient portals, EPRs, optimisation, data, emerging tech, digital inclusion and more…
As we approach the end of 2023, we’re taking a look back on the year’s progress and achievements by asking NHS professionals: reflecting on 2023, what digital projects and programmes are you most proud of? Morgan Daly, digital strategy transformation lead for One Care, the GP federation that represents and […]
29 suppliers named in NHS SBS £250m framework for intelligent automation
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has formed a procurement framework worth £250 million including 25 suppliers in order to establish an agreement allowing NHS organisations and public sector bodies to purchase intelligent automation solutions. The framework “provides a contractual vehicle” to support adoption, development and implementation of intelligent automation, with NHS […]
Digital Health and Care Wales opens £20m NHS Wales App opportunity for agile product delivery partner in digital services
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has opened a tender worth an estimated £20 million for the establishment of a framework agreement that will see DHCW take on an agile product delivery partner, with the aim of enabling specialist resources to be “called off as and when required to support […]
