NHSX has launched a new market engagement process, prior to a tender launch, inviting suppliers to register their interest in a new Remote Patient Monitoring programme. The unit is seeking to help scale remote monitoring care across the NHS with a particular focus on COVID-19 patients and the management of patients […]
Apps
Health Call app to support northern data initiative
Health Call, a collaboration between seven NHS Foundation Trusts in the North East and North Cumbria, will be providing its Digital Care Home app to support a northern data initiative in care homes. The project forms part of the Northern Better Care Partnership, which brings together experts from universities and NHS […]
Liva Healthcare digital diabetes programme to support 4 STPs
Liva Healthcare, a digital healthcare coaching platform, has partnered with Living Well, Taking Control, a not for profit organisation part of the National Diabetes Prevention Programme. The partnership will support patients across 4 STPs, following securing contracts across Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Thew company will support patients with a […]
DHSC launches app for social care workers
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a new app for social care workers, providing support through the coronavirus pandemic. The app updates care workers with information on COVID-19 and provides access to guidance, learning resources, mental health support, discounts and other benefits. The Care Workforce app, developed with NHSX […]
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app source code published
NHSX has published the source code of the NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app. The app is currently only available for download on the Isle of Wight, with over 40,000 residents at time of writing having downloaded the app. The pilot is said to inform how the app might be rolled out further, and […]
Former doctor rota tool backed by £6m funding boost
Rotageek, a workforce rota-planning tool has received £6 million in funding from institutional investors. The tool was co-founded by former doctor Chris McCullough to support organisations and teams create a rota and easily swap shifts. Chris trained as a medical doctor spending 16 years in the NHS and 8 years […]
COVID-19 contact tracing apps from around the world
As countries begin to emerge from lockdown, the relaxing of restrictions has seen governments around the world introduce smartphone contact tracing apps in order to limit and control the spread of COVID-19. In this article, we take a look at countries which have adopted contact tracing apps, and look at […]
University Hospitals Birmingham starts AI melanoma pilot
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has launched a pilot to test a new AI triage skin cancer community service. The pilot aims to reduce delays in skin cancer detection and treatment during the coronavirus pandemic, by providing a screening programme using the AI tool. Working with AI company Skin Analytics, […]
MIT launches app in USA using crowdsourced data to highlight hospital resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched a tool in the United States, based on crowdsourced data, to help patients and professionals see real-time availability of hospital resources. The team has developed a web app which is now publicly accessible at: https://Covid19hospitalstatus.com. The tool aims to highlight and support capacity and […]
Video messaging service supports Tunbridge Wells Hospital’s Neonatal Unit
A video messaging tool from vCreate is being used on the Neonatal Unit at Tunbridge Wells Hospital so parents can see their baby via video when they’re unable to be with their child. The application allows clinical teams to send video updates to parents who are not able to be […]
