NHS Shared Business Services is to launch a Digital Healthcare Advisory services framework for health and care providers, worth an estimated £500 million. The framework intends to provide specialist digital consultancy and advisory services, to include design, application, delivery and management of digital technologies. Acting on behalf of approved organisations, NHS […]
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News in Brief: ICB People Digital plan contract, virtual reality therapy in Birmingham, AI pilot in Leeds, and more
It’s time for another news in brief. As always there has been lots happening in the health tech community – join us as we take a look at some of the digital stories from across the industry. £85,000 contract awarded to deliver ICB People Digital Plans A contract worth £85,000 […]
HTN Now: Dr Hatim Abdulhussein on using artificial intelligence to improve health equity
We were recently joined by Dr Hatim Abdulhussein, national clinical lead for AI and digital media workforce at the Directorate of Innovation, Digital and Transformation at Health Education England (HEE). For his session, Hatim looked at how AI can be used to improve equity. He looked at why tools such […]
HTN Let’s Talk: Dr Janak Gunatilleke on AI adoption and tackling challenges
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk, sponsored by Spirit Health! For this episode, we interviewed Dr Janak Gunatilleke, director for healthcare data and analytics at KPMG UK. We discussed how AI can solve clinical problems, what is preventing AI solutions from being adopted, and his thoughts on to […]
Norfolk and Waveney ICS release digital transformation strategic plan and roadmap
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) has released a digital transformation strategic plan and roadmap, following on from their engagement work in creating their clinical and digital strategies. The plans lays out the ICS’s digital roadmap, how it will invest in digital as an ICS, its clinical objectives and […]
AI and digital tech regulations service launches
NHS England has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) and digital regulations service for health and social care. Through a multi-agency service, funded by the NHS AI Lab, it involves the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Health Research Authority (HRA), and […]
NHS Business Services Authority launches carbon impact dashboard for inhalers
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has launched a new dashboard with the aim of helping prescribers to reduce the carbon impact from inhalers. With input from clinicians from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, ‘Respiratory – Carbon Impact Dashboard’ is designed to help […]
Guide published to support introduction of technologies into adult social care
A new guide to help councils and social care providers avoid common issues when introducing technologies into adult social care has been published by the University of Birmingham and RAND Europe. The guide has been developed through the BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre and co-badged by Digital Social Care and NHS […]
Chris Mason, CIO at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Welcome back to our podcast HTN Let’s Talk! For this episode, we interviewed Chris Mason, chief information officer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We discussed what digital projects Chris has worked on throughout his career, the key factors needed for innovation in healthcare, the current challenges in […]
Poll: Focusing on health and care data, what’s the most challenging area?
The latest question we posed to our health tech audience, as part of our Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, focused on data and the most challenge areas. We asked: Focusing on health and care data, what’s the most challenging area? Participants in the poll came from a wide […]
