Frimley Health NHS FT has launched a new app to provide traffic light guidance on childhood illness. The new Frimley Healthier Together app has been introduced with an aim to reduce the number of patients going to GP practices or accident & emergency departments with minor (green) ailments. It provides parents, […]
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GP practices across South East Hampshire introduce SurgeryPods
A new technology called SurgeryPod has been introduced by GP practices across South East Hampshire to support patients, without clinical supervision or having to make an appointment, perform their own health checks. Supplied by Microtech Health, SurgeryPod helps to document patient data and take readings and measurements such as blood pressure, weight, pulse […]
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Norfolk and Norwich Hospital launches digital follow-up pathways
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has introduced digital personalised follow-up pathways with an aim to meet national targets to move 5 percent of patients onto a Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) pathway by 2023. The trust has worked with health tech suppliers, Infinity Health and DrDoctor, to utilise the suppliers’ digital […]
Sunderland Royal Hospital trials 24/7 prescription vending machine
Sunderland Royal Hospital has introduced a vending machine that allows patients access to their prescriptions 24/7 at the touch of a button. The device, called Pharmaself24, was piloted with 100 patients who have rheumatoid arthritis. Previously, they were given a quarterly supply of the immunosuppressant drug methotrexate, available only through […]
Five pilot sites announced to transform wound care
A new Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) programme has launched with an aim to transform wound care through data and digital tools. The programme aims to support data collection and provision of care through a new digital wound management system, support the delivery of training for staff and implement a new evidence-based […]
County Durham and Darlington prepares for EPR go-live
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is to go-live with its new electronic patient record system this weekend. Ahead of going live the trust has shared a series of videos from the trust’s medical director and associate director, sharing what the system will mean for patients and introducing what […]
WHO launches freely accessible AI digital health worker
The World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the Qatar Ministry of Health, has launched an artificial intelligence digital health worker, Florence. The AI animated digital person is said to offer “an innovative and interactive platform to share a myriad of health topics in seven languages” and “share advice on […]
PRSB publishes report on information standards for pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, ambulance and community services
The Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has published a new report defining standards for sharing information with pharmacy, optometry, dentistry, ambulance and community services (PODAC). Entitled ‘Use of the core information standard in community settings: pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, ambulance and community services‘, the report intends to define information requirements for […]
University of Illinois form partnership with Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft to develop speech recognition technology
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is joining forces with giant tech leaders Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft on a Speech Accessibility Project to progress voice recognition and ensure it is more functional for people living with speech disabilities. The Speech Accessibility Project will gather a section of samples from […]
