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 […]
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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 […]
Leeds Teaching introduces AI into breast imaging service
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has introduced artificial intelligence software from Densitas, to evaluate the technical quality of mammograms. The breast imaging service at the trust is believed to be the first in the UK to introduce the technology from the Canadian software company. The tool has been customised for the […]
HTN Digital Primary Care agenda revealed
HTN is delighted to reveal the agenda for HTN Digital Primary Care, our one-day online conference, taking place on 2 March 2022. Join HTN and colleagues from 9:00am-3:00pm, for the free-to-attend online conference, providing practical, educational and informative sessions focused around digital solutions within primary care. The day includes talks […]
Central and North West London NHS to trial chatbot tech
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has launched a trial of an AI chatbot to support mental health services for Londoners – including those who have been referred for support and are waiting for an appointment. The aim of the trial is to explore if the chatbot, which […]
