NHS Digital has announced a new trial to use machine learning techniques to plan and manage COVID-19 treatment resources. The system developed by NHS Digital and University of Cambridge is to help predict the upcoming demand for intensive care (ICU) beds and ventilators needed to treat patients with COVID-19 at individual hospitals […]
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UCL to use supercomputers to research COVID-19
University College London researchers are to use supercomputers to support ‘urgent investigations’ into COVID-19 disease. The aim is to be able to accelerate the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs by using the most powerful supercomputers commonly used for high intensive tasks such as quantum mechanics and climate research. A consortium […]
Yeovil Hospital connects to Dorset Care Record
Yeovil Hospital for the first time is now able to view data from the Dorset Care Record, the platform used to share key patient information across providers. The hospital typically takes 30% of emergency patients from across Dorset CCG, and now can view GP records and other datasets for these […]
HTN Trends Series: System Wide Digital in Cornwall
As part of the Health Tech Trends Series sponsored by InterSystems, we explore how Cornwall IT Services working with the teams at Kernow CCG, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article we hear from Kelvyn Hipperson, Chief Information Officer, […]
National Data Guardian programme to explore health data sharing
The National Data Guardian for Health and Care has partnered with Understanding Patient Data and Sciencewise to explore how people weigh up the benefits and disadvantages of health and social care data sharing for research. The project was initiated months before the COVID-19 pandemic, however the programme will explore the […]
Health Tech Heroes part three
Each week as part of our Health Tech Heroes series we recognise and say thank you to those in health tech making a real difference. Here in the third part in the series, we cover some of the amazing work this week where teams across the country have been working […]
UK space technologies to boost NHS Coronavirus response
A new £2.6 million fund is being made available to develop high tech projects to support the health service tackle the coronavirus. The UK Space Agency has opened a call for proposals process to fund successful projects that might use satellite data and drone technology to meet some of the […]
Video: David Kwo, lessons learned from implementing an electronic patient record
In January, as part of HTN Digital Week, we heard from David Kwo, former Director of EHRS and Informatics, UCLH. David presented lessons learned from the implementation of the Epic electronic patient record system. David was responsible for the Epic implementation at UCLH. The trust’s Epic journey started when the […]
Priority broadband for clinicians working from home and free data for NHS staff
The Government and leading telecoms companies have announced new initiatives to support healthcare professionals have priority broadband and free data. Frontline NHS workers dealing with COVID-19 will be able to access free data and calls for NHS staff using their own phone for work purposes. For clinicians working from home, […]
NHSX partners with Accenture and Facebook to trial video calling during Covid-19 crisis
NHSX has partnered with Facebook to provide 2,050 devices to help some of society’s most at-risk and isolated people access vital emotional support and companionship. These devices developed by Facebook will be provided free to trusts, care homes and other healthcare settings. Accenture is supporting the programme and deployment of the […]
