University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) is using artificial intelligence technology to build facilities at the new Royal Bournemouth Hospital. The Buildots technology analyses data that has been captured at the site through helmet-mounted 360-degree cameras. It then creates progress reports that are supported by visuals, which the trust says are designed […]
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NHS license proposed to include digital transformation and required maturity level
NHS England recently proposed changes to the NHS provider license, with the draft consultation including a digital baseline maturity requirement among the conditions that healthcare providers must meet. The consultation period for the draft has now closed, but here HTN take a closer look at the role of digital within […]
Frontiers study explores user experience with chatbot micro intervention
A study published in Frontiers, aiming to assess the user experience of a digital mental health chatbot, has found the intervention to provide a positive user experience and an acceptable intervention with participants. The study entitled ‘User experience with a parenting chatbot micro intervention’ by authors Guido A Entenberg; Gilly Dosovitsky; […]
Digital Health and Care Wales selects suppliers for EPMA framework
Digital Health and Care Wales has launched a new framework to support organisations in procuring electronic prescribing and medicines administration solutions. Nervecentre Software, CareFlow Medicines Management and Better have been awarded onto the framework. The programme aims to support hospitals in Wales call-off EPMA solutions on a local basis and […]
Velindre NHS Trust joins WelshPAS
Velindre NHS Trust has successfully gone live with the WelshPAS WelshPAS holds patient identification details and records details of patients’ hospital visits, including waiting list management, medical records, inpatient treatment, outpatient appointments and emergency visits. The implementation of WelshPAS in Velindre NHS Trust forms part of Digital Health and Care Wales’s wider […]
Open Medical partners with Tamer Group to offer digital transformation solutions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Open Medical has partnered with Tamer Group in order to offer digital transformation solutions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), with the aim of supporting KSA on their healthcare transformation journey. Tamer Group is an integrated healthcare and wellness group within Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa. […]
CQC partners with Microsoft for data platform
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has partnered with Microsoft to deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service and a Microsoft Azure data platform. By introducing the data platform CQC aims to “enable the CQC team to focus on driving improvements for the providers it assesses” and help the organisation become more […]
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear creates Application Support Hub to assist diversity in recruitment
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) has developed a new online Application Support Hub, with the aim of supporting candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds through their recruitment process. An internal report found that white applicants are more likely to be appointed than candidates from ethnic […]
Virtual ward focus in DHSC’s new delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency services
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has shared a new plan which will see the NHS expand services aiming to keep the vulnerable out of hospital. ‘Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency services’ states an ambition to help patients to be seen more quickly in emergency departments, […]
National Data Guardian public benefit evaluations for data use in research, planning and innovation
The National Data Guardian (NDG), Dr Nicola Byrne, has recently published guidance with an aim to support organisations in carrying out public benefit evaluations when they are planning to use or allow access to data collected during the delivery of care for planning, research and innovation projects. The guidance is delivered in […]



