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Kent Surrey Sussex AHSN releases study on GP prescribing decision support
Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has carried out an analysis on how using a prescribing decision support system has benefitted GPs and other primary care prescribers – with the use of tech in this area having the potential to support safety. The study by the AHSN was […]
Guy’s and St Thomas’ plans to continue using virtual visiting app for intensive care patients
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has been using its virtual visiting platform project, Life Lines, to improve communication for patients in intensive care. Originally created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic – as friends and family were not freely allowed to visit hospital patients in person – […]
Robotic cancer sensors, helmet brain scanners – 20 new health tech projects announced
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced funding for 20 new health technology projects – ranging from robotic bowel cancer sensors and smart shoe insoles, through to helmets that perform brain scans, robots that support independent living, dissolving ‘needles’ and chips for monitoring the immune system remotely. The 20 projects are […]
IBM and UKRI to launch new £210m centre for digital innovation
The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and tech giants IBM have announced a new £210 million digital innovation centre, which will focus on advancing AI and quantum computing capabilities. As part of a five-year programme, the new Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) will bring together expertise […]
North West London launch online mental health platform
Central and Northwest London NHS Trust has rolled out a new mental health app across its local boroughs to help support children and young people with their mental health, and ensure a single, consistent service offer. Kooth is an app aimed at young people between 11 – 25 years and […]
MOD selects InterSystems platforms for new medical information system
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has opted for InterSystems’ HealthShare and IRIS for Health platforms to ‘underpin’ its new Defence Medical Information System, called Programme CORTISONE. The platforms will be used to help the MOD to deliver an “integrated ecosystem of medical information services” and to “rapidly develop new […]
Babylon announces multi-billion dollar merger and plan to become public company
Babylon, the global health tech company, has announced a new $4.2 billion merger with special purpose acquisition company, Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. Once completed, the combined company will operate under the name of Babylon and trade under ‘BBLN’ at the New York-based Nasdaq Stock Market – seeing Babylon transition from […]
AI tool developed to streamline pathology workflow
A team of researchers, academics and pathologists from the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has developed an artificial intelligence tool to help streamline pathology workflows – which could speed up diagnoses of prostate cancer. The multidisciplinary team from Oxford has created an algorithm that […]
News in Brief: VR endoscopy simulator, Nuffield’s new joined-up primary care platform
Friday has come around quickly again this week – and there’s so much more news we’ve still yet to share. The last seven days saw the announcement of a long COVID app, which is set to be released across 27 NHS trusts, as well as the appointment of a new […]
