NHS England is calling on the best innovators from across the world to apply to join two schemes that aim to ensure NHS patients benefit from new technology faster. Two programmes that look to spread innovation across the NHS have opened for new applications as NHS England once again champions […]
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HTN 100: Lincolnshire Community Health and Therapy Box
Lincolnshire Community Health Sarah Lockwood, Senior Project Manager, Lincolnshire Community Services NHS Trust “Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is piloting this innovative approach within our Clinical Assessment Service but also plans to expand to the care homes within Lincolnshire.” “Professional clinical advice coupled with e-consultations allows for a robust […]
Plymouth hails outcomes data improvement project success with 30% increase in outpatient income
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has hailed a project to improve the accuracy of its outpatient data a success after reporting a near 30% increase in Trust income for outpatient procedures over the last three years. The project, which started in 2015, was commissioned to introduce a more efficient and […]
New digital platform for health and care staff to share their views
Secretary of State Matt Hancock will set out plans to give 3.1 million health and care staff in England a voice in the day-to-day creation of policy. He is launching a new digital platform called ‘TalkHealthandCare’, which staff can use to post ideas, questions and challenges for government. The platform will […]
The System C & Graphnet Care Alliance makes it easier to share records
The System C & Graphnet Care Alliance has announced a major adoption of the FHIR interfacing standard to make easier the sharing of health and care information and to stimulate digital innovation. The companies are launching cloud-based platforms which offer customers and authorised third parties a package of open APIs […]
Great Ormond Street Hospital implements Elsevier’s Clinical Pathways solution
GOSH has implemented Elsevier’s Clinical Pathways solution, Arezzo, in its Endocrinology and Metabolic unit to reduce the time doctors and nurses spend on paper-based administrative tasks. GOSH is using Arezzo which takes medical guidelines, protocols, and order sets, combines them with relevant patient information and presents personalised patient pathways and testing […]
Allscripts appointed to Health Systems Support Framework
Allscripts has secured a place on the Health Systems Support Framework that has been issued by NHS England. The framework contract has been developed to support the Five Year Forward View and Ten Year Plan agenda of integrated health and care services, population-level analysis and planning, and patient engagement. It will […]
Interview: Rob Brougham, UK MD of Ieso Digital Health
In our latest interview series, we spoke with Rob Brougham, UK MD of Ieso Digital Health. Ieso is a provider of digitally-enabled mental health care and delivers evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy online (CBT) to patients suffering from depression, anxiety and other common mental health conditions. By combining the power of technology with […]
New guidance for AI to benefit NHS
A new code of conduct for artificial intelligence (AI) and other data-driven technologies will allow NHS patients to benefit from the latest innovations. Speaking at the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo conference, health minister Lord O’Shaughnessy announced the initial technology partnerships Code of Conduct for Data-driven Health and Care […]
Canon Medical Research receives £140k to develop AI-powered cancer assessment prototype
Canon Medical Research Europe has been awarded £140,000 to develop a prototype that combines Artificial Intelligence and medical imaging technology to improve assessment for one of the most difficult cancers to manage, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM). The Cancer Innovation Challenge aims to inspire novel data and technology innovations to help […]
