NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Lothian and AI evaluation company Aival have begun testing the technical performance of AI tools as part of a £1 million project looking at how well AI integrates with existing clinical systems and workflows. Funded by Innovate UK, the project aims to assess the […]
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Humber Health Partnership shares plans to build virtual hospital as part of digital strategy to 2028
Humber Health Partnership has shared plans to build a virtual hospital, enabling system partners to refer into virtual pathways, as part of its new digital strategy for 2025 – 2028. The partnership also focuses on digital for productivity, building a robust and interoperable digital foundation, digital inclusion, and the effective […]
NHS Wales opens opportunity for self-management and remote monitoring solution
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services has opened a market engagement for a digital platform that can support a self-management and remote monitoring. The solution should be able to provide real-time test results, educational materials and two-way messaging for clinicians and patients, with potential suppliers encouraged to apply by […]
Data Use and Access Bill focuses on health information, interoperability, data sharing
The Data Use and Access Bill has formally entered into law, in a move the government hopes will cut NHS bureaucracy and accelerate innovation in science and tech. Sonia Patel, chief technology officer at NHSE, posted on LinkedIn that the Royal Assent of the bill marked “an important day after […]
UPMC Ireland selects EHR provider
UPMC Ireland has selected MEDITECH Expanse as the electronic health record to be used across multiple sites, in line with their latest digital transformation efforts aimed at improving patient care. According to UPMC Ireland, the addition of Expanse will allow them to “streamline operations and support future innovation” in four […]
NHS England awards cyber security training contract
NHS England has awarded a contract to digital engineering and cloud transformation partner, Mastek and cyber security consultancy firm, Templar Executives, to provide NHS boards and executives with Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) cyber security training. According to Mastek, the training will “build resilience across the healthcare system” while also […]
Samsung’s Xealth acquisition to harness wearables data for preventative care and patient empowerment
Samsung is set to acquire Xealth, a healthcare integration platform, in a move to “unify fragmented health information and to empower individuals to take control of their own health”. By combining Samsung’s wearables capabilities and Xealth’s platform, the acquisition will reportedly bring together home health monitoring and clinical decision-making to […]
Notts Care Record goes live with GPRCC and eHealthscope data
Interweave has announced that GPRCC (General Practice Repository for Clinical Care) and eHealthscope data has gone live in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire shared care record, taking them one step closer to completing the first phase of data development. The introduction of the GPRCC and eHealthscope data is said to combine […]
Tasmanian Government names Epic as preferred EPR supplier part of $476 million digital healthcare transformation
The Tasmanian Government has named Epic Systems as its preferred EPR supplier, in a move said to signal the “next exciting stage” in executing its $476 million digital health transformation strategy (Bluegum Health Transformation). Dependent on contract negotiations, it is hoped that work will begin on the solution in May […]
VitalHub acquires Novari Health Inc’s referral management solutions
The healthcare software company, VitalHub has announced its acquisition of the Canadian-based provider of patient flow solutions, Novari Health Inc, with the aim to “enhance value for customers and establish VitalHub as a leader in the referral management market”. The acquisition of Novari plans to “strengthen VitalHub’s leading position in […]
