Rackspace Technology, an end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company, has partnered with Rubrik, a security and AI operations company, to launch a ransomware cyber recovery solution focused on protecting and restoring UK public sector and regulated workloads “within hours of attack”. UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud is designed to […]
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Medium term plan for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare shares plans for EPR transformation and scaling innovation
A medium term plan for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust has shared details of digital plans and priorities for the next five years, with focuses on the shift from analogue to digital, and ambitions for EPR transformation, single patient record, digitising pathways, and scaling digital innovation. “Digital transformation will […]
WHO issues three recommendations for responsible AI use in mental health and wellbeing
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published three recommendations on the use of AI in mental health and wellbeing, developed during an online workshop event bringing together more than 30 international experts in AI, mental health, ethics, and public policy. The event, held as a pre-summit event for the India […]
Strategic case for merger of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Community trusts highlights plans for digital and data integration
In a strategic case for the merger of Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) and Norfolk Community Health and Care (NCHC) trusts plans for digital and data integration and the anticipated benefits of combined digital capabilities, have been outlined. “The success of the proposed merger and delivery of the expected benefits depends […]
Stockport NHS and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care awards 10-year EPR contracts
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trusts have awarded 10-year EPR contracts to Altera Digital Health, to replace multiple siloed legacy systems. Noting the EPR implementation as a “huge programme of work”, the director for informatics for both involved trusts, Peter Nuttall, highlighted the […]
Moorfields and Lufthansa research makes recommendations to avoid deskilling with introduction of AI
A research collaboration involving Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and Lufthansa, has warned of the “automation paradox” involving the deskilling of clinicians with the introduction of AI and automation, making a series of recommendations to prevent what it refers to as the erosion of […]
Greater Manchester health tech startup launches AI clinical care dashboard
Greater Manchester-based start-up named Augmented Healthcare has launched an AI powered clinical care dashboard helping to identify early warning signs of serious illness, following £19,000 in innovation grant funding and support from GM Business Growth Hub’s Innovation Service. Founded by Jonti Hudson, a practicing GP and computer engineer, the company’s […]
Scotland launches national cancer prehabilitation programme
A national cancer prehabilitation programme being rolled out by the Scottish government in collaboration with Macmillan Cancer Support and the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, is to use digital resources as part of support offered to patients before and during their cancer treatment. The new cancer prehabilitation screening pathway is “designed […]
AI, automation and single EPR from Mid Yorkshire Teaching
The board of Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT) has shared a series of updates around digital, including on AI, automation, and its EPR, alongside the approval of its latest digital, data, and technology strategy to 2030. Focus areas for the next five years include the consolidation of systems into […]
£5 million Innovate UK funding competition seeks to drive growth of secure and resilient software supply chains
A newly-launched Innovate UK funding competition is offering a share of £5 million to projects driving the growth of secure and resilient software supply chains through the adoption of the government’s Software Security Code of Practice (SSCoP). The code of practice is designed to support software vendors and their customers […]
