The Health Technology Assessment Innovation Laboratory programme at NICE has conducted an early value assessment to support and inform the expansion of virtual ward provision and other intermediate care areas. The draft guidance highlights recommendations on virtual ward technologies for monitoring patients with an acute respiratory infection (ARI) from their own […]
Author: Jennifer Turton
Scotland’s digital health and care delivery plan focuses on access, data, leadership and more
The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities have published their digital health and care strategy delivery plan for 2023-24, setting out core aims to give citizens better control over and access to their data; to help staff to record and share information across the system; and to […]
Amazon expands AWS HealthImaging service for medical data at scale
Amazon has announced the general availability of its AWS HealthImaging service, designed to help providers build cloud-native applications to store, analyse and share medical imaging data at petabyte-scale. The service is said to enable all of an organisation’s medical imaging applications access to “a single authoritative copy of data without duplication” […]
NHSE shares specification for system co-ordination centres, including digital software requirements and metrics to be monitored
NHS England has released its System Co-ordination Centre (SCC) specification framework, building on the minimum viable product for system control centres guidance that it released at the end of 2022 and outlining the purpose, key deliverables and minimum operating requirements for SCCs to meet for winter 2023/24. In terms of […]
£4 million unified pathology reporting solution across the South West planned
A prior information notice for a tender worth an estimated £4 million has been published by 14 NHS trusts across the South West region, for “a single solution that provides a unified reporting experience for pathology”. The solution, according to the notice, should enable the transfer and access of image […]
£13 million from UKRI Technology Missions Fund for 22 AI research projects
The government has announced that £13 million is to be made available from the UK Research and Innovation’s Technology Missions Fund to support 22 health research projects which focus on the use of artificial intelligence to “assist and refine” diagnostics and procedures. The projects are to use AI in a […]
CQC digital record system guidance places emphasis on availability, security and governance with a person-centred approach
Care Quality Commission has released guidance on best practice for digital record systems, focusing on the role of “good quality records” in providing “safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care”, and sharing four principles for providers around keeping systems person-centred with emphasis on availability, security, and governance. The first of the four […]
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI collaborate on responsible development of frontier AI models
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have announced that they are collaborating to form a new industry body focusing on ensuring the “safe and responsible” development of frontier AI models, hoping to facilitate collaboration, identify best practices, and advance AI safety research. The Frontier Model Forum “will draw on the technical […]
Health Foundation survey finds UK public “overall supportive” of virtual wards but support is “finely balanced”
The Health Foundation has released results from a survey of 7,100 members of the public and 1,250 NHS staff members which focused on exploring opinions on virtual wards and “what factors will be important for making sure they work well”, with findings revealing that the UK public “is, overall, supportive […]
Digital primary care panel: “Getting the basics right and keeping it simple are the underpinning principles”
For our recent panel discussion on digital primary care, we were joined by Nikki Mallinder (director of primary care at Surrey Heartlands ICS); Dr Paul Wright, (GP, deputy clinical director/IT clinical lead at NHS Greater Manchester and CCIO at Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation); Jamie Innes (product director at Inhealthcare); […]
