On Monday 12th October the Government announced a new local approach to managing and containing the spread of coronavirus. It included the introduction of local COVID alert levels to ensure the right levels of intervention are targeted in the right places. To check the number of coronavirus cases in your area […]
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Cerner and Induction Healthcare partner to offer access to patient portal
Induction Healthcare and Cerner have agreed to partner to provide NHS trusts with access to the Zesty patient portal. The collaboration will also see the organisations develop a joint patient engagement solution, with an aim ‘to help NHS trusts deliver an easier, quicker and more efficient service for patients’. Through a […]
SilverCloud Health and Dorset CAMHS offer new online approach to tackle teenage depression
Dorset Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is working with SilverCloud Health to deliver a new digital mental health therapy programme to support young people with depression. The new programme, based on cognitive behavioural therapy, is supporting teenagers starting their GCSE and A level studies in the region by using interactive […]
Southampton pilots AI software to support lung health checks
University Hospital Southampton NHS FT is running a pilot using artificial intelligence to help detect lung cancer at an early stage. The pilot is part of the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Check programme, a new initiative to improve early diagnosis and survival for those diagnosed with cancer. The programme at Southampton […]
Trusts go live with Apple Health Records app
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS FT and Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT have become the first hospitals in the UK to enable patients to access medical data through the Health Records app on iPhone. Available from today (7th October), patients will be able to view their consolidated health care records directly on […]
Part Two: Health tech experts reflect and share learnings
In the second part of our feature, HTN asked the health tech industry to reflect on some of their learnings this year. In part one of the feature contributors responded to our open brief with a variety of comments, touching on the importance of people and looking after your teams, […]
NVIDIA to build supercomputer for healthcare researchers
NVIDIA has announced that it is building a supercomputer, Cambridge-1, to support healthcare researchers adopt artificial intelligence. King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have been announced as founding partners of NVIDIA’s Cambridge-1. The company is leading the London Medical Imaging & AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare […]
CQC focuses on tech transformation in new draft strategy
CQC has published its developing strategy, including a focus on digital transformation and new services, ahead of a formal consultation process of the strategy in January. The document highlights some of the changes the regulator wants to make, which is said to have been largely accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An […]
National NHS system launched to prioritise patients on waiting lists
A national bespoke system, called NHS e-Review, has been developed and launched as part of the NHS Covid Incident Recovery programme. The online system has been developed to support clinicians record the clinical priority of patients on a waiting list and to identify alternative pathways for patients if required. A […]
NHSX updates Records Management Code of Practice
NHSX has updated the Records Management Code of Practice 2020, producing a draft that is now open for wider input and feedback. The draft Records Management Code of Practice 2020 sets out how records relating to health and care should be managed, created, maintained and disposed of appropriately. It builds […]
