A smartphone app using digital data collection to predict if an individual will relapse into psychosis is set to be trialled across the UK in a £12.5 million study. The remote data collection system was developed by researchers at the University of Manchester. It combines active and passive symptom, emotional, […]
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North East and North Cumbria ICS outline sustainability focus
North East and North Cumbria ICS (NENC) has published its first green plan, sharing an ambition to become the greenest region in England by 2030. In their strategy, they outline the action they are taking to reduce their environmental footprint by reducing waste, using electric vehicles, converting to more sustainable […]
Allied Health Professions new strategy with digital and data focus
An Allied Health Professions (AHP) strategy for England has been released entitled “AHPs Deliver” which is set to support the 14 distinct occupations of the AHP workforce. The purpose of the strategy is to provide a direction to the AHP community, with the aim of delivering quality care, improving health […]
BCS Health and Care releases report on building a clinical satnav
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has published a report entitled “Building a clinical satnav for practitioners and patients”, produced by authors Jack O’Sullivan, Jeremy Wyatt and Philip Scott. The report calls for computer-driven support for diagnosis and other clinical decisions to become a mainstream part of the NHS. “There […]
Moderna to build innovation and technology centre in the UK
An agreement has been made between Moderna and the UK government to build a research and manufacturing centre in the UK. The new Innovation and Technology Centre will develop mRNA vaccines for a wide range of respiratory diseases, including vaccines for COVID-19 aimed to protect against multiple variants, and “significantly […]
Nordic region to share unified digital health standards
A digital health and evaluation criteria programme has launched across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, with an aim to unify digital health standards. Developed to provide standardised regulation or risk management across the Nordic region, as well as supporting the adoption of health technologies on a large scale, the Nordic […]
System C appoints Healthcare Managing Director
System C has appointed Guy Lucchi as their new Managing Director of Healthcare, leading the healthcare division with a particular focus on supporting the company’s customers to achieve higher levels of digitisation. Guy Lucchi was previously joint Digital Innovation Director for Health Innovation Manchester and Chief Digital Officer for the […]
Optum set to buy EMIS for £1.2billion
Optum UK, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is set to acquire healthcare technology company EMIS for £1.2billion. The deal represents 1,925 pence in cash per share, 49 per cent to the closing price of 1,292 pence per share on 16 June 2022, the last business day before the commencement of […]
Cardiff University pioneers new virtual treatment for people with PTSD
A team of researchers from Cardiff University have developed a new form of virtual treatment for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), following a large-scale clinical trial. The results of the project entitled, ‘Guided, internet based, cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial’, have been […]
‘Once for Scotland’ tech assessment and roll-out initiative launches
NHS Scotland is today launching a new initiative with the aim to speed-up the development, assessment and roll-out of innovations across its health and care settings. Through its Accelerated National Innovation Adoption pathway, the initiative is designed to assess, prioritise and support innovations to scale, in an approach termed ‘Once for […]
