London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT have signed an agreement with Cerner to implement its integrated electronic health record (EHR). The deal was signed in February, and will see the two organisations utilise the EPR as well as joining the EHR domain used […]
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NICE launches five-year strategy with focus on data, technologies and innovations
NICE has today published a five-year strategy with an increased focus on new treatments, technologies and innovations. In the strategy the body highlights its four priority areas of focus; ‘rapid, robust, and responsive technology evaluation’, ‘dynamic, living guideline recommendations’, ‘effective guidance uptake to maximise impact’ and ‘leadership in data, research […]
News in brief: MOD contract for PMC solution, openEHR in the Caribbean
There’s plenty of health tech news to start the week with – from the Ministry of Defence’s primary medical care contract, to openEHR in the Caribbean – catch up on anything you might have missed, by reading our news bites this morning. MOD contract for PMC solution delivery The software […]
Barts Health reports rise in e-referral advice and guidance function
Barts Health NHS Trust has reported a rise in the number of GPs using the advice and guidance (A&G) service, through the NHS e-Referral Service. The service, which supports clinicians to seek advice from each other, has grown to 2,300 requests in one month – an increase of almost 200% […]
News in brief: Google to return to patient record tools, NHS Digital signs up with Scandit
Google, NHS Digital, the World Health Organisation…there are some big names in the news pot this week. There’s plenty to catch up on – as well as our HTN Now April 2021 sessions – so use our news bites below to find out the latest developments in the world of […]
Microsoft to acquire Nuance for $19.7 billion
Microsoft is to acquire Nuance, a provider of speech recognition software, for approximately $19.7 billion. The companies today entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 per share, a 23% premium to the closing price of Nuance on Friday, April 9. Mark Benjamin will remain CEO […]
NHS AI Lab Skunkworks pilot project provides fast-access data search
The NHS AI Lab Skunkworks team has been working on a pilot project called ‘Data Lens’ – a fast-access data search that works in multiple languages – with the first-stage prototype now completed. A successful candidate from the 2020 edition of the ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ project pitch to the AI Lab […]
No going back? Visionable round table discusses how to maintain health tech momentum
Visionable organised a round table to give NHS digital leaders the opportunity to discuss some recent developments in health and care and what they mean for technology. Visionable advisors Rachel Dunscombe and Andy Kinnear outline some of the big issues that were discussed. These are exciting times for healthcare technology; […]
Kings Fund releases ‘shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care’ report
The King’s Fund has released a new report ‘shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care‘, commissioned by the Health Foundation. The independent report, authored by David Maguire, Matthew Honeyman, Deborah Fenney and Joni Jabbal, shares their views and conclusions, and a summary of evidence for how emerging technologies such as artificial […]
HTN Now April: EPR strategies, ICS, digital identity, EPMA, data, change management and more…
On 13 April 2021, we open the latest in the HTN Now series; four days of engaging, practical and insightful sessions where we welcome leaders from across health and care to share their work. Across the first three days, we will host 12 live sessions that will cover a range […]
