Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has gone live this month with the AI scribing tool TORTUS across outpatient services, with the aim to “enhance patient care through digital innovation” and support clinicians with documentation. GOSH introduced the AI scribe after completing a “successful trial of […]
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Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB plans to procure ambient voice solution
Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB has announced plans to procure an ambient voice/dictation tool to serve a patient population of around 1.6 million people in the region. The ICB aims to use the solution to help “reduce clinical burden, improve documentation accuracy and give time back to patient care”. According […]
Imperial College NHS reports increase in registrations for Imperial Health Knowledge Bank
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has revealed that nearly 140,000 patients within the north west London area have now registered with the trust’s patient database, Imperial Health Knowledge Bank. Patients who join the database agree to have their health information collected and stored by the trust for research purposes, also […]
Interview: Ellyn Gattlin, national transformation lead at X-on Health on optimising patient access
We recently caught up with Ellyn Gattlin, national transformation lead at X-on Health, to discuss access optimisation and the relationship between better access and patient satisfaction in healthcare. We covered key data points for measuring access, the importance of digital skills within the workforce and ways to support better access, […]
HTN Now Awards 25/26 launched and open for entries
HTN is pleased to launch the HTN Now Awards 25/26 back for another year! We’re celebrating health tech innovators, health care teams and suppliers who are making an impact in health and care and we can’t wait to hear from you. Providing a platform for innovations, solutions, case studies, collaborations […]
News in brief: EMIS-X view via web browser, Welsh government invests £4.4m into x-ray equipment, NHSE maternity and neonatal infrastructure review
From equipment funding to maternity infrastructure review, here are some of the latest health tech stories that have caught our eye from across health and care. Welsh government invesst £4.4. million into x-ray equipment The Welsh government has invested £4.4 million into introducing x-ray equipment across four hospitals in North […]
Apple receives FDA clearance for hypertension risk monitoring feature
Apple has received US FDA clearance for their new remote hypertension risk monitoring feature, set to be released on the Apple Watch Series 9, 10, 11, as well as the Ultra 2 and 3 models in over 150 countries. The feature reportedly uses the optical heart sensor included with Apple […]
Sheffield Children’s NHS explores market for digital provider of children’s mental health services
Sheffield Children’s NHS FT has opened a market engagement exercise with the intention to explore the options available for supplying online mental health services for children. The trust is now welcoming input on the draft specification for an external, digital provider of children’s mental health services, with the aim to […]
NHS Devon ICB to award CHS Healthcare digital person management system contract
NHS Devon ICB is to award a contract to CHS Healthcare Software Limited for the provision of a continuing healthcare end-to-end person management system, designed to connect the entire lifecycle into one platform. The ICB hopes to use CHS Healthcare’s digital solution to replace two existing systems, including an “off-the-shelf […]
HTN Now: Approaches, challenges, and progress towards the primary and secondary care interface
Our latest HTN webinar looked at the role of digital in supporting the primary and secondary care interface, with our experts sharing details about their own approaches and experiences in this area, including best practices and key learnings. We also explored interoperability, collaboration between care settings and how digital can […]
