MEDITECH and Google Health have extended a pilot that embeds Google search and summarisation capabilities directly within the clinical workflow of the Expanse electronic health record. The partnership is working with with two health systems in Alabama and Wisconsin, who are early adopters of the solution, to help create a longitudinal […]
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Barts Health NHS trust makes changes to improve diversity in research
Barts Health NHS Trust is working to increase the participation of Black communities in health research after data showed that only one in 50 people involved in the COVID-19 clinical trials was Black. While this number for Barths Health is higher than the national average, Barts have acknowledged that more […]
News in Brief: bionic arms for amputees, digital hub for long COVID in Lincolnshire, new radiology theatre in South Tees and more
It’s time for another news in brief and as always there has been plenty happening in the health tech community… NHS launch new bionic arm prosthetics to aid amputee patients NHS England has announced that amputee patients across England will now be offered access to bionic arms. The prosthetics are […]
Pain assessment app partners with InterSystems
PainChek, a smartphone-based pain assessment and monitoring application, has partnered with InterSystems to utilise InterSystems IRIS for Health™ to integrate with electronic medical record systems. One of the aims of combining the companies’ platforms is to facilitate a global market entry for the pain assessment app, including integration with the healthcare information […]
Researchers explore methods to automatically create discharge summaries
A group of researchers from King’s College London, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and University College London have studied methods and models to automatically produce discharge summaries. The researchers explored different approaches to automatically create and populate Brief Hospital Course (BHC) summaries from inpatient documentation, noting that, if realised […]
HTN Now: Inhealthcare on virtual wards for integrated care systems
For our November edition of HTN Now, we were joined by Jamie Innes, Product Director for Inhealthcare, for a discussion on virtual wards and how ICSs can keep them as simple as possible. Jamie began the session by providing some brief background on Inhealthcare, explaining that their digital health solutions […]
Phototherapy tech helps premature babies with jaundice in Birmingham
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is using portable phototherapy blankets to aid recovery for premature babies with jaundice. The blankets, known as ‘biliblankets’ or cocoons, are designed to keep babies warm and treat neonatal jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia. The trust describe biliblankets as “a glow up blanket”; they shine full spectrum […]
GOSH scientists engage with public on value of data
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has been engaging with the public on research, data and the environment as part of a local culture, arts and science festival with University College London (UCL). The festival’s theme was ‘breathe’, to investigate local and global environments, and to develop the […]
Northumbria Healthcare Health Index goes live
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a new local Health Index tool to provide insight into population health at a ‘much more local level’. The trust has developed the tool using the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Health Index and data from Northumbria Healthcare, Northumberland County Council, […]
Nottingham University Hospitals appoints new CDIO and launches maternity app
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are going live with an app for pregnancy notes this week. The trusts will use the Badger Notes app to replace paper-based maternity notes, in a joint project between the two trusts. As part of the transition to the new […]
