On the second day of HTN Now April we were joined by Jasmine Feakes, Digital Practitioner and Oliver Kyle, Digital Engagement Lead at Leicester Partnership NHS Trust to discuss the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme using digital tools. The presentation started with Jasmine outlining the Healthy Together programme. She […]
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“The future was always going to be hybrid” – House of Lords releases report on the digital way forward
The House of Lords has released a report following a COVID-19 Committee session, entitled ‘Beyond Digital: Planning for a Hybrid World’. Published on 21 April, the report covers ideas for what it calls a ‘hybrid strategy’ to balance a best of both approach to online and offline living, as well […]
Video: NHS clinicians and IT experts debate ICS digitisation and EPRs
Our electronic patient record (EPR) theme this week continues, following exploring EPR implementation with Ideal Health and the EPR programme at Medway NHS Foundation Trust, here we focus on different strategies and models. The largest panel at HTN Now April 2021 saw seven presenters join the debate on all things digital, including […]
Coordinate My Care goes live with National Record Locator
Coordinate My Care (CMC), a digital urgent care planning service, has gone live with integration with the NHS National Record Locator (NRL), connecting 72,000 Londoners with CMC plans to services across England. The move means that when patients with existing CMC urgent care plans travel across the country, emergency services […]
Pharmatech AI company lands investment of up to $525M
Exscientia, a pharmatech company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to design patient-based drugs, has announced the completion of a $225 million Series D funding round – with an additional $300 million equity commitment available. The company uses AI in a number of ways across its platform – from target identification […]
Former NHS England Deputy Chief Exec joins medical translation software company
Written Medicine – which provides translation software for pharmacies and other healthcare settings across the UK – has announced that Matthew Swindells, a former NHS England Deputy Chief Executive and National Director of Operations and Information, has joined the company as an Advisor. According to Written Medicine, Matthew will work […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ select new AI speech recognition tech for integration
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Nuance Dragon Medical One’s AI-powered speech recognition technology for integration into its Epic electronic health record (EHR). The technology will form part of the trust’s Apollo Programme – a digital transformation strategy set to reshape the way in which the trust […]
Internship programme aims to tackle underrepresentation of Black people in STEM
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) is launching an internship programme this summer, as part of its response to the heavy underrepresentation of Black people in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) community. Through partnerships with the UK Health Data Research Alliance (HDR Alliance) and the 10,000 Black Interns […]
Faculty announces new programme with the NHS to enhance forecasting
British tech company Faculty has announced a new programme, partnering with NHS England and Improvement to ‘transform’ the health service’s AI decision-making capabilities. Focusing on enhancing AI forecasting, the collaboration aims to focus on data insights underpinning operational decisions and put COVID-19 data learnings into practice to improve care delivery […]
Video: Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust talk digital programmes
As part of our HTN Now April 2021 event, we heard from the Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Trust about its digital programmes and strategy. Grace Birch, Associate Director of Information, Management & Technology (IM&T) and Data Protection Officer at GMMH, took the time to present an in-depth webinar stuffed […]
