Barnsley Hospital NHS FT’s latest board meeting has highlighted progress on a nursing documentation review to digitise 50 percent of paper forms, implementing e-consent, speech recognition, and automation projects, its procurement of a patient flow system, as well as considering whether an upgrade of the EPR to ensure full functionality […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
GP contract sees £889 million increase in investment, digital front door, records access
NHS England’s updates to the GP contract for 2025/26 have been published, with an additional £889 million named as the “biggest increase in investment into general practice in over a decade”, requirements for practices to enable functionality in GP Connect, and a reduction in “bureaucracy” for practices. The £889 million […]
Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare develops AI model to identify females at cardiovascular risk
A study by teams at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare, and funded by the British Heart Foundation, has developed an artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography (AI-ECG) model with the potential to identify female patients “who could benefit from enhanced risk factor modification or surveillance” in relation to elevated cardiovascular risk. […]
Imperial College Healthcare trials remote MRI approach
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is trialling an approach to reduce patient waiting times and promote the ability for staff to work more flexibly around times that suit patients, with extended opening hours to midnight reportedly allowing the trust to see “306 extra patients” in its first month. By using […]
Grow Digital Health Midlands programme invites applications from UK health tech innovators
A collaboration between Health Innovation East Midlands and Health Innovation West Midlands has seen the launch of a new programme designed to support UK tech companies in the development and scaling of “high-potential digital health innovations”. The Grow Digital Health Midlands programme, formerly known as the East Midlands Digital Health […]
Accurx on a digital front door: the future of primary care
Helena Brown, Interim Head of Customer Success, Accurx For a long time now, many GP practices have been overwhelmed with patient demand. But what we hear and see from our GP community is that much of this demand could be better managed in a different setting, or even entirely self-managed […]
Interview: Peter van Ooijen – professor of AI in Radiotherapy, coordinator of Machine Learning Lab at University Medical Center Groningen
We caught up with Peter van Ooijen – professor of AI in Radiotherapy and coordinator of the Machine Learning Lab at University Medical Center Groningen, and former president of the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII) – for a recent interview, to talk about new technologies and future directions […]
HTN Now: Alder Hey Children’s and Harrogate and District NHS share strategies to reduce follow-ups and increase clinical productivity
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion, we were joined by a panel of experts from across the health sector to talk about approaches to streamlining patient care, including strategies to reduce follow-ups and increase clinical productivity with targeted technology deployments. Panellists included Damien Yeo, consultant paediatric ophthalmologist at Alder […]
HSE Health app launched in Ireland offering “digital front door” for patients
The Health Service Executive (HSE) Health App has been launched in Ireland, offering patients a “digital front door” to health services. The public launch has been welcomed by the Minister for Health as “an exciting milestone” in the journey to digitise patient health records and to “make it easier for […]
Interview: Joe Waller, director at Aire Logic, on “tech for good” and creating social value with health tech solutions
For a recent interview, we caught up with Joe Waller, director at Aire Logic, to chat about the company’s “tech for good” approach to deploying software solutions, enterprise architecture, strategy, and product development solutions. Joe also shared with us some of the key factors in deciding and directing Aire Logic’s […]
