A digital platform for children and young people with epilepsy is to go live in December 2021, through a partnership with the Young Epilepsy Charity and health tech supplier Patients Know Best (PKB). The organisations have partnered to deliver a national solution which can support children and young people with […]
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Researchers launch AI prostate cancer study
A new research study has launched to progress how artificial intelligence technologies can help predict whether prostate cancer may return for patients following treatment. Dr Anna Wilkins and Dr Erik Sahai, along with Prostate Cancer Research and partners, launched the study in June 2021, to explore whether computer modelling of cell migration […]
National consultation launched to draft 111 referral standard
A national survey has opened to gather feedback to support the development of a new 111 referral standard. The draft standard is said to be based on a project from 2018 that focused on urgent care information flows, and aims to review and develop a new standard to include “new information from […]
Agenda released for HTN Now AI, Analytics and Data
Join HTN and colleagues on 30 November for the second in the HTN Now Focus series – five one-day online events to include: Supporting Digital Integrated Care Systems; AI, Analytics and Data; Electronic Patient Records; Digital Strategy, Transformation and Change; and Digital Mental Health. For the AI, Analytics and Data edition, we’ll explore an […]
Video: North East and North Cumbria ICS shares its digital care programme and approach
In October, for HTN Now Focus, our online event for Integrated Care Systems, HTN welcomed Dr Mark Dornan, GP and co-chair at Newcastle Gateshead CCG and SRO for Digital Care Programmes at North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS), to the virtual stage. Dr Dornan shared North East […]
Wales awards £2 million tender for digital clinical assessments and interventions
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership has announced the intention to award a £2 million contract to Healois, an online provider of specialist child and young person’s mental health services. The body is to award the contract for CAMHS clinical assessments and interventions via the company’s digital platform, to help increase capacity […]
News in brief: ‘DadPad’ app available, RCN’s online diabetes resource, new platform for Nottingham
There’s been plenty of health tech news to share across the last seven days, including updates in the world of data and numerous industry developments. Highlights include the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust selecting the Agilisys platform to develop its analytics capabilities, while Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has signed up […]
University Hospitals of North Midlands publish analysis used to develop prediction tool
Researchers from the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and Staffordshire University, have published a new report into their analysis of hospital admission data used to develop a predictive tool. The paper, entitled: ‘A predictive model for identifying patients at risk of delayed transfer of care: a retrospective, cross-sectional […]
Manchester University NHS enters data sharing collaboration with Rinicare
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 […]
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 […]
