The NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) has been integrated into the NHS App, to allow patients to book and manage appointments easily and securely online. This additional functionality is aimed at reducing non-attendance and saving time for GPs, who can now email appointment booking details directly to patients with an NHS […]
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East Lancashire Hospitals signs up for early warning technology
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with smart health tech provider, Alcidion, to secure early warning technology that will help detect patients who are deteriorating. The tools will help staff enhance patient safety across five hospitals in East Lancashire, including the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Burnley General […]
Going digital: Midwives get electronic record keeping guidance from RCM
Midwives are finally having their digital moment. There has been a welcome wave of digital developments for maternity services and professionals recently, with the latest including electronic record keeping guidance published by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). In the last two weeks alone, HTN has also reported on RCM’s […]
AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare to open source AI platform
A new partnership between London Medical Imaging, the AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare and digital transformation consultancy Answer, has been confirmed this week. It hopes to provide the NHS with an open-source solution with the ability to access machine learning models, and provide models that can be trained using a […]
Oxehealth eyes US expansion
Oxehealth, a provider of vision-based patient monitoring and management systems, has been granted clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch its solutions across all US states. The company is now looking to expand its vital signs solutions across the US, with a focus on skilled nursing […]
Health Foundation announces funding to support research into AI and ethnic inequalities
The Health Foundation has launched a new funding call to support research into artificial intelligence and racial and ethnic inequalities. Supported by the NHSX AI Lab and the National Institute for Health Research, £1.55 million will be made available across two categories. The first category aims to understand and enable the […]
Inside Staffordshire University’s new £5.8m Centre for Health Innovation: immersive simulations, AR and upskilling
Staffordshire University is set to officially launch its £5.8 million Centre for Health Innovation, a simulated learning environment that can be used to train health and social care students and upskill NHS staff, in October 2021. The high-tech learning and teaching spaces feature a combination of immersive, virtual and augmented […]
Health Education England publishes digital competency framework for Allied Health Professionals
Health Education England has published a digital competency framework for Allied Health Professionals, developed as part of the Topol Digital Health Fellowship programme. With 223,991 Allied Health Professionals (AHP) registered, the framework has been developed to support the enhancement of digital competence; the knowledge and skills associated with digital technology […]
NHS Digital chief executive to step down
Sarah Wilkinson, the chief executive of NHS Digital, is to leave the organisation this summer. In a statement released today, NHS Digital said Sarah has resigned as CEO of NHS Digital. The digital unit is now seeking an interim CEO for the months ahead, with a plan to run an open […]
News in brief: Liverpool Women’s Hospital receives robotic help, Manchester innovation fund announces winners
Top news stories covered by HTN this week include the publication of Wales’ new digital strategy, the launch of a new national digital midwife role and the celebration of digital stars at the Our Health Heroes awards. But there’s been even more going on across the health tech sector – […]
