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 […]
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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 […]
Sussex Partnership NHS FT launches EPR
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched the SystmOne EPR, joining around half of local GP practices using SystmOne and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. Chief medical officer Oliver Dale spoke of seeing early evidence of positive feedback and improvements, noting: “Change can be […]
Updates on core infrastructure modernisation, AI and automation, AVT from London Ambulance Service
At its latest meeting, the board of London Ambulance Service (LAS) shared updates on a range of digital and data programmes underway across the trust, looking at patient outcomes, core infrastructure modernisation, AI and automation, ePCR, and ambient voice technology. A key strategic highlight offered by the board is the […]
Microsoft launches Copilot Health to bring together data from EHR and wearables for personalised and proactive care
Microsoft has launched Copilot Health, said to provide users the ability to bring together data from across their health records, wearables, and lab results, applying intelligence to turn insights into “a coherent story”. Copilot Health is positioned to support people understand the information they have, part of a “secure space […]
Kent and Medway Mental Health introduces tools to capture peer support outcomes in EPR
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust has introduced three innovations within its digital patient record system to allow for the electronic capture of peer support outcomes. The innovations include the Hope, Agency and Opportunity (HAO) outcome measure, a dedicated peer support intervention tab, and an intended activity SNOMED code. […]
