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 […]
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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 […]
Researchers explore approaches for predictive cancer patient digital twins
A research report has been published in Frontiers in Digital Health that explores the use of digital twin technology to advance new methods for precision and predictive cancer care. Entitled ‘Exploring approaches for predictive cancer patient digital twins: Opportunities for collaboration and innovation’, the report focuses on a review of […]
New digital pathology programme set to benefit cancer patients in the West Midlands
Patients throughout the West Midlands are set to benefit from a new digital pathology programme, which aims to reduce backlogs for cancer services and improve the speed and accuracy of diagnoses. It will be delivered in partnership between the West Midlands Cancer Alliance initiative and the medical imaging technology provider […]
Social health tech supplier raises £3.25m
A health tech supplier that supports care homes and social care organisations to digitise has raised £3.25 million in funding led by Mercia, with Oxford Capital and angel investors also participating. London-based Log my Care supports carers to transition from paper processes to a digital record that can be accessed through a […]
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB opens shared care record market engagement
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has published a future opportunity notice of its plans to procure a shared care record in 2023. The formal procurement is anticipated to open in March 2023, with the ICB currently finalising the scope and requirements for the contract. The […]
NHS England opens provider collaborative innovators scheme
NHS England has opened a new opportunity inviting systems and providers to participate in a new Provider Collaborative Innovators scheme. The programme aims to support 7-9 collaboratives address key challenges, shape service improvement and deliver mid to long term transformation. In a letter to ICBs and NHS trusts, NHS England notes: […]
NHS Tayside publishes new digital strategy for 2022-27
NHS Tayside has released a new Digital Health and Social Care Strategy for 2022-2027, aiming to help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives using digital health technology. The strategy opens with a foreword breaking down the rationale of developing a digital strategy. It explains: “Digital strategy isn’t just about building […]
