Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT (CUH) has explored the role of mixed reality to improve and optimise how staff deliver clinical care, and how the trust trains and educates staff. Through an awareness event at CUH, including tech suppliers Microsoft, VSI ApoQLar, Fracture Reality JoinXR, Proximie and Holomedicine Association, CUH staff […]
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Jenny Chong and Tim Ferris discuss driving digital transformation at HETT
At healthcare event HETT North this week, a discussion between Jenny Chong, the Chair of Medway Innovation Institute and Tim Ferris, the Director of Transformation at NHS England, focused on ‘driving digital transformation across the entire NHS: the power of connected services in healthcare’. The discussion captured our attention and covered […]
9 projects secure funding through AI in Health and Care Award
The winners of the third competition of the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Awards, run by the NHS AI Lab in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Accelerated Access Collaborative, have been announced. Nine projects will receive funding across phases 2, 3 and […]
The Health Foundation to launch tech funding programme to support care at home
The Health Foundation is to launch a new programme to provide funding and guidance for tech-enabled approaches to support care at home and in the community. First, the organisation is seeking a support partner to help deliver the new funding programme, with up to £120,000 made available for a partner. Following […]
Scottish Government publishes health and social care data strategy
The Scottish Government has published its ‘Health and social care: data strategy’, following the consultation analysis covered by HTN last week. The strategy is described as setting the Scottish government’s “vision and ambitions to ensure that the data landscape is best placed to support key priorities”, with these ambitions to […]
£5 million awarded to 22 projects to support the healthcare of veterans
£5 million has been awarded to 22 projects to drive technology and treatments to support the healthcare of veterans. The Office for Veterans’ Affairs’ (OVA) Health Innovation Fund is delivered in collaboration with the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), and aims to improve innovation to ensure that treatments are informed […]
Digital and data play key roles in Alder Hey Innovation’s new strategy
Alder Hey Innovation, a hospital-led innovation centre developed by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust, has published a strategy entitled ‘Today’s Child, Tomorrow’s Healthier Adult’ that aims to address healthcare challenges faced by children and young people. The strategy shares the centre’s ambitions going forward, existing work and developments currently taking […]
NHSE shares guidance and toolkit on building ICS intelligence functions
NHS England has published guidance on building an integrated care system intelligence function, highlighting the opportunity for ICSs to “unlock the potential of integrated data and population health analytics to develop a deeper understanding into the extend and nature of the health inequalities within their populations.” NHSE describes an intelligence […]
Mid and South Essex pilots prediction tech to reduce did not attend rate
NHS England has highlighted a pilot at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust where artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being used to predict likely missed appointments. The algorithm, created by Deep Medical, uses a range of external insights including the weather, traffic and jobs, to identify where and why a […]
University Hospitals Birmingham joins AI consortium
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT are joining the AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare consortium of clinical, research and industry partners. The AI Centre currently works with 9 trusts to provide support for AI applications with its AI Deployment Engine (AIDE). University Hospitals Birmingham becomes the first trust outside the South East […]
