South London Partnership has worked with Microsoft to deliver a programme using Azure and the Internet of Things (IoT) to understand how digital technologies could help enhance its services for the benefit of the five boroughs’ residents. Covering five London boroughs – Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton – […]
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Cera to pilot automated ‘Siri for care’ telephone assistant
Cera, a digital-first healthcare-at-home company, is trialing an artificial intelligence powered voice assistant for the UK care sector. Known as Siri for care, the application aims to support patients track symptoms through a series of questions using automated phone calls. The pilot will see individuals asked questions to monitor their health, with answers […]
Government announces £175 million funding initiative to boost genomics research
The UK Government has announced a funding initiative to support work on genetic disease treatment, cancer pathways and tackling health inequalities. To support patients with cancer and children born with treatable rare genetic diseases, £175 million has been provided in funding to boost genomics research as part of a three […]
NHS Confed and the Health Foundation share practical improvement lessons to cope with winter pressures
NHS Confederation and the Health Foundation have shared their six improvement lessons to support leaders and teams with winter pressures through a blog by Penny Pereira, Q Managing Director for the Health Foundation, and Dr Amar Shah, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust. […]
TPP letter to the NHS “for years, costs for hospital EPRs have been artificially inflated”
Frank Hester, OBE, founder and CEO of TPP, has taken to social media to share a letter to the NHS on his views of the costs of electronic patient record systems. TPP has commented that “for years, costs for hospital EPRs have been artificially inflated” and “call for a time […]
UK-Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange programme launches open competition
The UK-Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange programme is to launch an open competition for companies from the UK and Canada to work together with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of elderly people through innovation. Applicants should be developing innovative solutions which are at an appropriate stage of development, with a […]
UK Research and Innovation pre-announce funding opportunity to accelerate health research
A funding opportunity has been pre-announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies which can be applied to health challenges. It aims to bring researchers together across contrasting sectors and disciplines in order to change how health research is conducted. Projects are expected to […]
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and CW+ launch updated hand therapy app
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (CWH) NHS Foundation Trust and their official charity CW+ have launched a new version of their app Hand Therapy: The Exercise Prescription App. It forms part of the CW Innovation programme which is being led by the trust and CW+ with the aim of identifying and […]
New eye-care electronic referral system to launch across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care System is to launch a new electronic eye-care referral system between optometrists and ophthalmology service providers. The system has been procured by NHS England and is set to be launched across the integrated care system early next year. It will replace “a range of […]
Electronic medical record system in place across Bermuda Hospitals
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) has gone live with a new electronic medical record system called PEARL (Patient Electronic and Administrative Records Log), using Cerner’s Millennium product. The system is being introduced to “replace a number of other systems” and to “support integration,” BHB said. The implementation of PEARL is “a significant […]
