Humber and North Yorkshire ICB has announced the expansion of a data dashboard developed in partnership with York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, aiming to support a “more coordinated approach” to improving health and helping people into work. The People Story Dashboard aligns data with the boundaries of York and […]
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AI enabled breast cancer screening supports Harrogate and District NHS
AI enabled breast cancer screening is reportedly helping patients at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT), thanks to the introduction of a new scanner funded by £40,000 from the Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity. The AI enabled HER2 tissue scanning system works by capturing high resolution digital images of […]
Health Service Executive Ireland shares virtual care initiatives and future plans
As part of its new innovation framework to guide innovation in Ireland, HSE has reflected on its virtual care initiatives exemplifying successful innovation following local adoption with the potential to be scaled nationally. These include a virtual obstructive sleep apnoea identifier pathway, the community and acute respiratory excellence virtual ward, […]
News in brief: £343 million expansion of community mental health, Somerset ICB £1 million digital mental health tender
Welcome to our latest news in brief, where we take a closer look at some of the news stories to have caught our eye over the last few weeks. £343 million plan to expand community mental health support across England The UK government has designated £343 million to the expansion […]
HTN Now webinar explores emerging pilot projects and innovations
HTN was joined for an interactive webinar on emerging pilot projects and innovations by Shanker Vijayadeva, GP lead – digital transformation in primary care, London Region, NHS England. With the expert help of Shanker, we explored examples of innovation, emerging technologies, opportunities, challenges, and the process of scaling successful innovations […]
TidalSense raises £16 million to scale its AI diagnostic device for COPD
TidalSense, a Cambridge-based AI respiratory diagnostics company, has shared that it has successfully raised £16 million in funding to accelerate the European and US commercialisation of its AI diagnostic device for COPD. This latest announcement means that TidalSense has now raised £34 million to date, including a reported £9 million […]
Google Health to launch insulin resistance trends and breathing monitoring features
A series of upcoming “Health Guardian” features will soon be launched on the Google Health app for Pixel watch and Fitbit Air, tracking indicators such as insulin resistance trends to deliver key health insights to users. Based on reported evidence that identifying fluctuations in insulin resistance early can offer the […]
First chief executive for NHS Online Trust named as Dame Caroline Clarke
The first chief executive for the Online NHS Trust has been named as Dame Caroline Clarke, current regional director for London at NHS England. Plans for the new “online hospital” were first announced last year, with a go-live date set for 2027 and an aim to deliver up to 8.5 […]
East Sussex Healthcare progresses EPR programme entering its ‘highest risk phase’
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has moved to tranche two of its EPR programme, following the successful completion of tranche one in March, involving migration to the cloud. The trust advises that the programme has “now entered its highest-risk phase”, with an emphasis on testing and staff training. The migration […]
Whittington Health EPR cloud migration and infrastructure upgrades
Whittington Health NHS Trust has highlighted progress on its infrastructure, including moving its EPR to the cloud and network improvements to improve security and control. The trust is migrating its Rio EPR system to a cloud-hosted environment, with an aim to improve timeliness and performance of community reporting and dashboards, whilst […]
