VitalHub has announced its acquisition of Canadian-based Strata Health, a company offering solutions relating to patient access and “navigation to care”, reporting a “total up-front consideration of C$32.3 million, plus potential performance-based consideration”. Dan Matlow, CEO of Toronto-based VitalHub, welcomed the company’s “largest acquisition to date”, highlighting the acquisition of […]
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Somerset NHS FT publishes AI Policy; covering safe integration, ethics, legal responsibilities, yearly reviews
In a LinkedIn post yesterday, Andy Mayne, chief scientist for data, operational research & artificial intelligence at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, shared the trust’s final version of its AI policy, focusing on the need for safe integration and an approach balancing innovation with ethical and legal responsibilities. Ensuring that the […]
Single Point of Access scheme Norfolk and Waveney supports referrals to virtual ward pathway
A Single Point of Access scheme in Norfolk and Waveney, providing a hub through which clinicians from different services work together to refer patients, has reportedly helped 90 percent of referred patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. Through the scheme, clinicians from East of England Ambulance Service make a phone call […]
VR treatment for patients with psychosis to be piloted at South West London and St George’s
A hypnotherapy-based virtual reality treatment is to be piloted at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, with aims to help ease symptoms including hallucinations and delusions in patients with psychosis. The VR headsets will be used in the trust’s rehabilitation wards to support patients in engaging […]
East of England partnership project trials technology to improve connectivity for ambulance teams
A hardware, cellular and satellite services package designed to deliver “fast, resilient connectivity” for ambulance crews has been installed at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) along with hospitals in Peterborough, Luton and Colchester, following a trial at East of England Ambulance Service as part of NHS England’s Future […]
NICE launches reporting standards and tool for evaluations of AI technologies
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has launched a new reporting standard designed to help improve the transparency and quality of cost-effectiveness studies of AI technologies, in a move it hopes will “help healthcare decision-makers understand the value of AI-enabled treatments” and offer patients “faster access to […]
HTN Now: the role of digital in going green and supporting sustainability in healthcare
HTN was joined by James Driver, digital innovation manager at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) ICB, to talk about some of the work going on around “going green”, and the role of digital in supporting the sustainability agenda across health and care. James shared with us a little about […]
NHS England publishes £13.3 million expansion for “Tiger Teams” to support EPR delivery
NHS England has published a contract notice with an estimated total value of £13.3 million for an “experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service also known as a Tiger Teams service” to support EPR delivery across England. The service is said to be an expansion to an existing support offer available […]
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board opens expression of interest for digital clinical audit platform
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has issued a prior information notice seeking expressions of interest from suppliers for a digital clinical audit platform to support the health board in completing “circa 10,000 annual audits to support quality assurance, improvement projects and ward accreditation incentives”. The health board outlines a […]
CQC reports on the state of health and adult social care in England for 2023/24 highlighting digital access, data quality and reporting, and the role of tech
The CQC has published its report on the state of health and adult social care in England for 2023/24, highlighting concerns around digital access and exclusion, issues with data quality and reporting, and the potential for tech to help promote independence, personalise support, and uphold dignity. Following “over 250 targeted […]
