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NHS Wales Health Board to launch virtual assistant

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has launched its Welsh and English-speaking virtual assistant called CERi, developed using IBM’s Watson Assistant. The Health Board has worked with IBM and Meridian IT to develop the virtual assistant to support patients, healthcare workers and the general public by answering questions and to […]

Secondary Care

Kettering publishes health intelligence strategy

Kettering General Hospital NHS FT has published its new health intelligence strategy, outlining plans to July 2023. A key area of focus in the intelligence strategy is to provide data and information to support staff to make information-led decisions and it sets out the ambition of the trust to become the […]

Secondary Care

Royal Cornwall NHS Trust adopts AI location tech

Royal Cornwall NHS Trust has adopted location tech from Navenio as part of its digital transformation strategy. Navenio, a spin-out of Oxford University, is providing its location-based hospital workforce platform to support clinical imaging assistants, radiology portering and service support. It can be used to assign tasks to healthcare teams based on […]

Apps

NHS Tayside launches paperless maternity notes

NHS Tayside is to go paperless with maternity notes this week using technology from BadgerNet. The free specialist maternity notes app from BadgerNet will replace paper notes and allow pregnant women and midwives in Tayside to be able to access the notes online. The tool encompasses early pregnancy, community based events, […]

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Online physio services available through Boots

Boots has partnered with PhysioFast Online to offer its customers access to a physiotherapist through digital channels. PhysioFast Online provides physiotherapy appointments via video, offering treatment and advice services for injury and rehabilitation issues. A session can be booked with a physiotherapist 7 days a week, from 08:00 – 21:00, with […]

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Webinar: How can NLP solve data challenges in healthcare?

The Topol Review cited Natural Language Processing (NLP)-based AI as one of the top five technological advances set to impact the provision of services delivered by the NHS. Earlier this month we attended a presentation which explored how NLP can solve data challenges in healthcare, by examining tried and tested […]