Circle Health Group has partnered with My Clinical Outcomes to introduce its patient recorded outcomes measures platform across Circle Health’s 54 hospitals. Launched across Circle Health’s hospitals in May, the project aims to improve clinical outcomes and data capture, “from identifying unwarranted variation in surgical results, to automatic data submissions and […]
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How to use a cloud service securely: NCSC launches new security guidance
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched new guidance on how to use a cloud service securely, which aims to help users meet their security responsibilities by ensuring proper configuration of their chosen service. In a blog post accompanying the new guidance, a principal security researcher emphasises that “most security […]
Digital in the fight against cancer: Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023-2033
The Scottish Government has published its ‘Cancer Strategy for Scotland 2023-2033’ which includes key points and implications for the use of digital in the fight against cancer. The strategic intent is “to improve cancer survival and provide excellent, equitably accessible care”. The strategy also outlines a 10-year vision where “more […]
NHS England publishes £35 million tender for privacy enhancing tech
NHS England has opened a tender worth an estimated £35 million to procure privacy enhancing technology (PET) “to provide robust protection and deliver a standard approach to support safe data use”. The technology is to be initially deployed for the federated data platform (FDP) programme and will potentially include cloud-based […]
EPMA goes live at Nottingham University Hospitals
Nervecentre’s electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution has gone live across Nottingham University Hospitals. The City Hospital went live with the system in May, across two weekends, and Queen’s Medical Centre moved to the new system earlier this month. It means the hospitals have moved away from a paper process to the […]
£21 million in funding for AI announced “to roll out artificial intelligence across the NHS”
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced £21 million in funding for artificial intelligence technologies. It’s intended to enable the roll-out of AI technology which, according to the announcement, will “help diagnose patients more quickly for conditions such as cancers, strokes and heart conditions”. The announcement sets out the […]
Leeds Teaching Hospitals agrees cancer data partnership
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has partnered with Flatiron Health UK to utilise cancer data for research and to explore the possibilities in developing and improving cancer care. The project sets an ambition to improve the quality of cancer data, and to translate cancer patient records at Leeds into ‘high-quality data’. The […]
NHS England appoints chief information officer
NHS England has appointed a new chief information officer, with key responsibilities to include running and developing the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cyber security for national services. John Quinn comes to the role following his previous role as executive director of IT operations and enterprise services for NHS […]
£31 million funding announced for UCL’s disability innovation hub
UCL announced last week that its Global Disability Innovation Hub has successfully secured £31 million investment from UK Aid, a funding programme which is part of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. The funding announced for UCL’s Global Disability Innovation Hub will help the programme to develop its policy […]
Remote monitoring pilot for cancer patients in Dorset
Inhealthcare has partnered with NHS Dorset for the launch of Oncology Monitoring @ Home, a remote monitoring service aiming to help patients to manage their symptoms from home along with providing them with self-care advice. Through the service, patients undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment are supplied with devices such as […]