Boots is currently assessing the potential for using drones to deliver prescription medicines, following a flight test in July. The test flight was completed from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight, to deliver prescription medicines using a drone (uncrewed aerial vehicle). Working with tech start-up Apian to facilitate the test, Boots […]
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Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICS to introduce 16 digital pathways
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System is partnering with Spirit Health to scale-up its virtual ward programme and at-home long condition management across the region. The ICS plans to introduce 16 digital pathways, covering 1.1 million patients, using the company’s remote monitoring platform. The 16 clinical areas include: heart […]
Join us 3 August for HTN Digital Primary Care
Join HTN and colleagues on Wednesday 3 August for our virtual event focused on all things digital primary care. HTN events provide the opportunity for healthcare professionals to share learnings, experiences and solutions on different topics and across different areas of digital in health and care. They are open to […]
£6.7m tender opens for digital maturity assessment
NHS England has opened a new opportunity to procure a supplier to deliver a digital maturity assessment programme. A two year contract worth up to £6.7 million, with an option to extend for a further year, will require a supplier to deliver a baseline and an enhanced assessment of NHS trusts […]
Apple shares current and future plans for healthcare
Apple has shared a report on how their products are helping users, developers and health organisations make improvements in personal health, research and care, as well as providing detail on its future plans. The report begins by stating that all health and fitness features are developed with two overarching principles. […]
North East telemedicine project expands for stroke patients
The North East Ambulance Service alongside the Integrated Stroke Delivery Network in the region are expanding their telemedicine project, where ambulance clinicians video call the stroke units directly. The organisations have been working together to improve emergency stroke care by implementing audio visual calls from the ambulance. The technology in place will allow […]
Wales to evaluate AI pain management tech
A funding programme in Wales is to support a pilot phase and evaluation of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered pain assessment tool. Life Sciences Hub Wales, with the Gwent Regional Partnership Board via its Technology Enabled Care Programme, will be providing funding for 12 months to pilot the PainChek tool in care environments […]
NHS England seeks early adopters to trial heart failure @home approach
NHS England is looking to trial an innovative approach to managing heart failure at home using remote monitoring and self-management tools. Intended to support virtual ward programmes currently in place or to provide an opportunity for teams to embrace elements of the @home approach, NHS England is seeking early adopter […]
Automation Cafe: challenges with robotic process automation
Darren Atkins, Chief Technology Officer for Intelligent Automation at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, has set up a series of live interactive sessions for all professionals working in automation, called the ‘Automation Cafe Live!’ The sessions have been set up in his own time, Darren said, “so that people […]
NHSE opens procurement for delivery partner to support frontline digitisation programme
NHS England’s Transformation Directorate has opened a procurement process to partner with a delivery supplier to support its Frontline Digitisation programme. The programme aims to provide national support for locally led digital transformation, with the aim of this procurement to find a delivery partner for the provision of advice, support, expertise […]
