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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Sheffield Children’s research project explores tele-consultations
Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has researched the use of telephone and video consultations with 4,418 patients and staff. The research project aimed to help improve video consultations and analyse patient and staff responses to the new ways of working during the pandemic. At first the trust introduced phone calls […]
Video: Dr Pauline Whelan discusses developing digital mental health platforms
On day three of HTN Digital Week in June we were delighted to be joined by Dr Pauline Whelan from Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Whelan presented a session focusing on developing digital (mental) health platforms with children and young people. Pauline took us through the importance of […]
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, […]
Interview Series: Daniel Johnston, Clinical Workflow Specialist, Imprivata
In our latest interview we asked Daniel Johnston at digital identity specialists, Imprivata, a few questions. In the interview we explore how the company’s technologies are supporting healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic and talk about some of the solutions and projects coming up over the next 12 months. Could you tell […]
Government places £161m order for 5.8 million DnaNudge COVID-19 tests
The government has announced it has placed a £161 million order for 5.8 million COVID-19 test kits to be used across the NHS from September. The order will see DnaNudge’s lab-free, 90-minute test, rolled out nationally in urgent patient care and elective surgery settings, with further deployments in out-of-hospital settings. […]
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 […]
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 […]
