NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has opened a new procurement framework specifically for Artificial Intelligence (AI) software that supports the analysis of medical imaging for ischaemic or haemorrhagic strokes. Five suppliers have been selected on to the framework; AI Doc, Brainomix, Viz AI, Behold AI and Ischemaview. The tools, said […]
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Feature: four key things to consider when implementing Shared Care Records
A feature by InterSystems David Hancock, Healthcare Executive Advisor at InterSystems shares another industry thought-piece with the team at HTN. Having previously covered the redesign of pathways for Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and tackled Electronic Patient Record (EPR) transformation, this time, David turns his attention to Shared Care Records. One […]
Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance
Microsoft has announced the completion of the acquisition of Nuance Communication for over £12 billion ($16 billion). The announcement follows the duo entering into a definitive agreement in April 2021, and a regulatory investigation from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). In December 2021 the CMA opened an investigation to establish if […]
Boots launches on-demand mental health services
Boots has launched a range of on-demand mental health services, including talking therapies, a support room, text talk, mood & symptom checkers and an information hub. The ‘help, advice and support’ tools can now be found on its website to meet, Boots says, ‘a rise in patients asking for mental health advice […]
Harris to acquire Allscripts’ hospital and large physician practice assets
Harris Computer Corporation has completed an agreement to acquire Allscripts’ electronic heath record business segment, which includes Allscripts’ Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal and dbMotion tools. In a £528 million ($700 million) deal, the purchase price consideration consists of a fixed price of £505 million ($670 million) to be paid at closing, […]
North West Anglia NHS launch virtual respiratory ward
North West Anglia NHS FT has launched a ‘virtual respiratory ward’, to support ‘stepdown discharge’ for COVID-19 patients. The initiative will see patients supported at home, through Spirit Health’s CliniTouch Vie technology, where hospital teams at the trust can monitor patients remotely. By offering the service, the trust hopes to free […]
News in Brief: National PPE system, Herefordshire and Worcestershire EPMA contract, Mid and South Essex communications platform
At HTN this week, we welcomed a fantastic group of speakers to our online primary care conference, covered news from NHS Sussex on the use of data and business intelligent tools, a patient video series launched by NHS England and Improvement, and lots more. Here’s our round-up of the rest of […]
Eight innovation projects share £9 million
Eight innovation projects are to share funding of more than £9 million, as part of a cancer innovation programme. SBRI Healthcare, in partnership with the NHS Cancer Programme and the Accelerated Access Collaborative, announced the eight late stage innovation projects that support earlier diagnosis, coordination, communication, scanning and imaging, medical […]
Dr Minal Bakhai to keynote HTN Digital Primary Care 2022
HTN is delighted to announce that Dr Minal Bakhai will be joining us at the upcoming HTN Digital Primary Care Conference 2022, to deliver a keynote speech. The one-day conference takes place on 2 March 2022, from 9:00am-3:00pm, providing practical, educational and informative sessions focused around digital solutions within primary care. […]
Two London trusts to share EPR
Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, two trusts which are part of a recently formed hospital group, have announced plans to share their electronic patient record (EPR) system.The trusts have signed contracts with Cerner to provide a shared electronic patient […]
