Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the UK Cabinet Office executive agency and trading fund, has signed a public cloud agreement with IBM. The three-year agreement hopes to accelerate the adoption of cloud services, by supporting public sector organisations access the IBM cloud tools. The announcement on the agreement stated that the NHS […]
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NHS SBS launches new procurement framework
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) has launched a new £500m Digital Workplace Solutions Framework for NHS and wider public sector. The framework initially includes 28 suppliers and is to run until August 2022, with the potential to extend for a further two years. The framework has an estimated value of […]
NHS 111 online hits over 30 million users in 4 months
NHS Digital has highlighted over 30 million people have used digital channels during the pandemic to seek health advice. In mid-March NHS 111 online was used more than 950,000 times a day, 95 times higher than it normally would have been used previously, and 30 million people visited NHS 111 online […]
DigitalHealth.London Digital Pioneer Fellowship opens
DigitalHealth.London has opened its Digital Pioneer Fellowship programme for applications, aiming to support professionals employed by NHS organisations in London to design and lead transformation projects. The 12 month programme is now in its third year, and aims to recruit up to 30 Fellows to focus on accelerating the pace […]
HTN Voice: Getting digital inclusion onto the health and care agenda
The rapid deployment of healthcare technology has been one of the most commented features of the NHS’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet a significant minority of patients cannot benefit from new, digital services; and risk being overlooked in the rush to go ‘digital first’ in a post-Covid reset. So […]
Babylon publishes research report on AI in primary care
A research paper has been published in Nature Communications by a team of Babylon scientists that has explored the use of machine learning in primary care. The paper, titled ‘Improving the accuracy of medical diagnosis with causal machine learning’, explores the use of AI, believed to be a first , […]
CCube Solutions launches Service Delivery Platform
CCube Solutions, a specialist in supporting healthcare providers with electronic document management, has launched a hosted document delivery platform to support remote working and the ‘new normal’. The new platform offers a secure hosted service for sending digital files and provides time-limited access to information, independently of any IT system. […]
Lumeon raises £22.9m to support US growth
Lumeon, the digital care pathway solution, has closed $30M in Series D funding led by new investors. The investment will be used to expand the care coordination platform into new markets, and follows a similar amount raised by the company in 2018. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is […]
Feature: EPMA, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nervecentre Software
In this feature we go in depth to focus on Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) and speak with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Nervecentre to explore the area further. University Hospitals of Leicester is adopting Nervecentre’s Next Generation EPR, which includes a fully integrated, closed loop EPMA. […]
NHS Tayside launches app to help people suffering from IBS
NHS Tayside has launched a new app in partnership with Inhealthcare to support people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. The implementation is part of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pathway from the Scottish Government’s new Modernising Patient Pathways Programme. People are diagnosed within primary care and referred to NHS dietitians who then register […]
