Bedfordshire CCG is to introduce new mobile heart monitors with an aim to help prevent strokes. The mobile heart monitor technology helps patients take a quick ECG reading thats measures electrical activity of the heart. The device is able to identify a number of heart rate abnormalities including atrial fibrillation. […]
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Amazon Care pilot launches for Seattle employees
Amazon is to launch a new virtual primary care service for its Seattle based employees called Amazon Care. Amazon Care is set to pilot in the City before building and scaling the offering elsewhere. It’s a mobile application that allows access to virtual and in-person healthcare services from Oasis Medical. […]
Patients seen by digital GP on average within 26 minutes
Push Doctor, a platform to offer video consultations with patients online and via smartphone with a UK GP has seen on average it takes 26 minutes to be seen. The online GP provider connects thousands of patients with a GP and over the past 12 months the service treated over […]
Auckland District Health Board explores Morecambe Bay’s EPR
Health professionals from the Auckland District Health Board in New Zealand recently visited University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) to find out more about the Trust’s Lorenzo Electronic Patient Record (EPR). The health board is looking to implement a faster and more reliable electronic patient record system and was invited […]
£10m invested in Scotland’s Digital Health and Care Institute
The Scottish Funding Council and Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate, is to invest up to £10 million in Scotland’s Digital Health and Care Institute. The Digital Health and Care Institute (DHI) is a collaboration between the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Strathclyde, who are its […]
Data and analytics supporting the stranded patients challenge
HTN met with Orlando Agrippa, CEO and Richard Parker, COO of Draper & Dash to understand how their technology, the use of data and analytics on historic and live data is now being used by some trusts to identify, understand and review trends and issues that lead to patients becoming […]
RCGP invites primary care insight on impact of AI
The Royal College of GPs is inviting clinicians and healthcare professionals in primary care to provide insight on how AI will impact them. Together with UCL, the RCGP is in the early stages of piloting an AI tool for educational purposes. However the College has called for help, via a survey […]
NHS Digital launches staff cyber security campaign and new virtual data assistant
NHS Digital has launched a new campaign for staff to support cyber security in the workplace. The campaign, named Keep I.T. Confidential aims to generate awareness and educate staff across the NHS on the impact of data security on patient safety and care. The campaign has been created to support […]
BBC launches ‘digital wellbeing’ Own It app for children
The BBC has created a “wellbeing” app called Own It aimed at children. It monitors how young people interact with friends and family online and through messaging apps and uses AI to evaluate a child’s mood so it can offer advice or encourage them to talk to trusted adults. The app […]
Health Enterprise East partners with Royal Devon and Exeter
Health Enterprise East (HEE) has announced its partnered with the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust to provide staff with innovation management services, including support with specialist skills in IP, commercialisation and access to funding. In the first months of the partnership, HEE will be reviewing the Trust’s current […]
