The Gouvèrnément d’Jèrr (Government of Jersey) Health and Community Services have shared the 2024 annual report for quarter two, providing an overview of the department’s improvement plans and performance reporting for the year in key areas including its electronic patient records programme, e-referrals, e-prescribing, and progress on waiting times and […]
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust rolls out paediatric vitals electronic system
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has rolled out the paediatric vitals electronic system at Princess Royal Hospital’s paediatric unit and emergency department as well as the emergency department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, as part of efforts to improve the tracking of deterioration in children. The digital system allows staff […]
EPR selected for Yorkshire and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have announced their preferred supplier for their integrated EPR systems, with Nervecentre to deploy its cloud-native platform for both trusts. Nervecentre’s EPR offers software-as-a-service architecture and access to real-time electronic patient records on mobile devices. The […]
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and Alzheimer’s Society launch dementia innovation support
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) and Alzheimer’s Society have partnered to develop the Dementia Innovators programme, a pilot designed to explore ideas with the potential to support dementia care from professionals inside and outside the NHS. Health and social care staff taking part in the programme will receive learning opportunities […]
NHS Shared Business Services shares framework agreement for insourcing of clinical services
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has developed a framework agreement focusing on insourcing of clinical services, designed to offer a “compliant route” for NHS trusts to source and procure services at their own site, supporting the NHS in securing extra clinical capacity to meet increased demand and enabling trusts to […]
Audience views: biggest concerns for AI in healthcare, and the barriers to responsible AI
Following on from our recent panel discussion exploring whether the reality of AI can live up to current hype and how bias in healthcare data can be managed, we posed two follow-up questions to our audience to discern views around AI concerns and perspectives on barriers to responsible AI. Firstly, […]
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS shares insight into primary-secondary interface work
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS has shared insight into work aiming to improve the way primary and secondary care work together, with more than 80 projects reported to have taken place in the space since the formation of a dedicated primary-secondary care interface group in September 2021. Dr Alun Harcombe from […]
Artificial intelligence in the NHS: identifying abnormalities, tackling waiting lists, predicting disease and more
Here we explore some recent updates from across the NHS which share insight into how artificial intelligence tools are being utilised and tested. Identifying abnormalities At South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust, a study sought to examine AI’s ability to identify abnormalities with the potential to lead to bowel cancer. […]
Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies launches chatbot and mental health app
A new chatbot function has been launched on the NHS Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Talking Therapies website, designed to take website visitors through an online conversation and exercises to process referrals to the service. Once the referral is completed, patients are encouraged to download the ‘Everyday Mental Health’ app, which […]
Hampshire Hospitals implements platform to monitor and tackle air pollution at hospital sites
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a technology platform designed to monitor and reduce air pollution at its hospitals, providing “next-generation real-time visibility” into the sources of pollution across hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester. The EMSOL platform aims to support the trust in identifying key pollutants and pollution spikes […]
