Leeds is developing and piloting an open platform based Person Held Record (PHR) for local people. It follows extensive engagement with individuals, care professionals and stakeholders across the city to understand their needs and aspirations. It is believed a PHR will help people to better manage and control their own […]
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Electronic Prescription Service saves NHS £130 million over three years
By allowing GP surgeries to send prescriptions directly to pharmacies, the EPS system, which has been developed by NHS Digital, has helped to save patients time and money when collecting their medications. An audit of patients using the system found that 72 per cent said their medicines were ready and waiting […]
Nuance launches AI powered healthcare assistant
Nuance Communications has launched an AI-powered virtual assistant solution for healthcare providers. The Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant is intended to help clinicians who use Dragon Medical streamline their clinical documentation. The solution uses conversational dialogues and pre-built capabilities that automate high-value clinical workflows. Nuance’s new virtual assistant will use conversational […]
Tobias Alpsten, iPLATO: The benefits of health coaching
The prevalence of long term health conditions is on the increase, with latest figures showing that there are now 4 million people in the UK diagnosed and living with diabetes alone. Patients suffering from long-term conditions struggle to manage their disease effectively and yo-yo in and out of hospital […]
HTN Awards 2017 Shortlist
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the HTN Awards 2017. We would like to thank everyone for their entries and we’re excited to showcase the 13 entries shortlisted across our 3 Awards. The shortlisted entries are: Tech Project of the Year Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust North […]
Doctors.net.uk launches app for clinicians to collaborate
Doctors.net.uk has launched a new smartphone app to allow doctors to collaborate on clinical problem solving. Available on Apple and Android, this enables doctors to access the Doctors.net.uk forum in order to communicate with their peers and support each other with advice in a safe and secure environment. The app […]
Home-testing kits that detect bowel cancer could almost halve invasive examinations by 2020
A major NHS England funded study is expected to almost halve the number of invasive procedures by 2020 by improving the accuracy of home-testing kits that detect bowel cancer from invisible amounts of blood. This could mean more than 100,000 NHS patients in England avoid the need for uncomfortable colonoscopies […]
Welsh Government has announced £5.5 million for digital priorities in Welsh NHS
The £5.5 million funding will be targeted at improving access to information and introducing new ways of delivering care with digital technologies set out in the 2015 Informed Health and Care strategy. Welsh Government has worked with a collaboration of NHS organisations including the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) to […]
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital piloting wireless environmental sensors in intensive care units
CW+, the charity for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced a new partnership with Drayson Technologies to launch the first pilot of wireless environmental sensors in the intensive care units at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. This latest project, coordinated by Dr. Lawrence Petalidis, Head of Innovation and […]
Digital tool to support better care for the vulnerable
An online frailty calculator developed by academics at The University of Nottingham will help GPs to identify their most vulnerable older patients for enhanced care. The QFrailty calculator combines complex information about a patient’s life expectancy and their risk of unplanned hospital admission over the coming 12 months. The QFrailty […]
