Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has signed up to a data sharing collaboration with Rinicare, a company focused on clinical risk prediction. The collaboration and data sharing agreement will help to develop the company’s clinical risk prediction technology platform, STABILITY. The digital tool uses algorithms designed to give clinicians working in critical […]
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Graphnet acquires patient monitoring specialist Docobo
Graphnet Health has acquired remote patient monitoring specialist Docobo, to integrate its DOC@HOME™ solution with its population health platform. Docobo provides a range of digital tools to support out-of-hospital care, including virtual wards and its digital remote patient management system. Some of its customers include Kent Community Health and Liverpool CCG, and its […]
46 suppliers selected for £5bn NHS digital documents framework
Suppliers have been named as part of a £5 billion framework, which is led by NHS London Procurement Partnership and focuses on digital document solutions and storage. The four-year Digital Documents Solutions framework includes a range of suppliers to cover the scope of digital solutions, and associated hardware or software. […]
HTN Now: National and local approaches to transforming care services
Our 2021 online event series is almost coming to a close, but there are still three days of sessions remaining, as part of our HTN Now Focus series – and we would love for you to join us. For the next event in the series we take a closer look […]
Burton hospital to deploy patient flow technology
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has announced plans to extend the use of its patient flow technology to Queen’s Hospital Burton. The solution, ExtraMed Patient Flow, has been used at the trust’s Royal Derby Hospital, to provide staff with real-time visibility of a patient’s status, replacing […]
Midlands Partnership selects data platform
The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) has chosen the Agilisys platform, to develop its data and analytics capabilities. The move forms part of the trust’s digital strategy, published last month, and its future roadmap which will see the trust migrate data to the cloud, and develop its data structure. […]
Study highlights effectiveness of digital interventions for increasing physical activity
A research study, believed to be the first of its kind, has explored the effectiveness of digital technologies used as interventions for increasing physical activity, with the analysis focusing on the effectiveness based on socioeconomic status. The study, entitled: ‘The effectiveness of digital interventions for increasing physical activity in individuals of […]
Nine projects announced to support analytics research into COVID-19
Health Data Research UK and The Alan Turing Institute have announced nine new data projects, as part of a £2 million funding programme. The programmes will use large-scale linked data to address priority research questions, hoped to help improve understanding of the pandemic and inform the continued policy response. The researchers […]
Surrey Heartlands CCG to roll-out new remote monitoring service
Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced plans to extend the use of remote monitoring technologies across its area with a new service, BP@Home. Set to roll-out across the region shortly, the BP@Home service will help patients with hypertension manage their condition at home, and support some of the 142,700 […]
First research study published using GM Care Record
The first research paper to use data from the Greater Manchester Care Record has been published in The Lancet. The paper, entitled: ‘Temporal trends in primary care-recorded self-harm during and beyond the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: Time series analysis of electronic healthcare records for 2.8 million patients in […]