EMIS Group has revealed plans today for what the company terms a ‘next generation of connected healthcare technology’ platform. EMIS has announced EMIS-X, a new cloud-based solution that seamlessly links different healthcare teams and systems. It will be an upgrade to EMIS Web, the clinical system used by 56% of GPs, […]
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NHS Digital launches new National Record Locator Service
NHS Digital has launched the National Record Locator Service to enable triage personnel such as mental health nurses and paramedics, who are called to a patient in distress, to find out whether a patient they are treating has a mental health crisis plan. The service has been launched in beta […]
Draper & Dash launches multi sector Global 2018 Data Analytics Challenge
Draper & Dash has launched a multi sector Global 2018 Data Analytics Challenge giving data scientists, analysts, developers and BI teams a chance to win up to $7,000 for showcasing their work. Draper & Dash (D&D) is a London based AI and Machine learning, predictive data and analytics company. […]
Health tech investor Clanwilliam Group expands into medical education with Obsidian
The Clanwilliam Group has welcomed Obsidian Healthcare, its 17th business to join the fast-growing group. The Obsidian Healthcare Group educates tens of thousands of healthcare professionals across the globe each year on new innovations, drugs and clinical best practice. The company works with clinical experts to design and deliver innovative educational programmes for […]
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent selected for NHS Test Bed Programme
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has received £1.2m of new NHS funding to utilise innovative digital technologies and treatments that could lead to thousands of fewer hospital admissions nationally. The area is one of seven locations nationwide to become part of the NHS Test Beds programme. Clinicians at Royal Stoke University Hospital […]
New software could help identify ‘at risk’ students
A physics lecturer has developed software that can help identify students with potential stress, wellbeing or mental health related problems at University. Dr Andrew Markwick, a lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester, has come up with a simple system that allows lecturers and […]
‘Human brain’ supercomputer with 1 million processors switched on for first time
The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and is being switched on for the first time. The newly formed million-processor-core ‘Spiking Neural Network Architecture’ or ‘SpiNNaker’ machine is capable of completing […]
Social Care Institute for Excellence to research leadership in integrated care systems
The NHS Leadership Academy has commissioned the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to undertake research to further the understanding of systems leadership in integrated care systems. A new report today, sets out the findings from this research and makes recommendations for the future. It’s the latest Future of Care Report […]
Health tech panel meets for the first time
The Healthtech Advisory board will advise Matt Hancock on his technology vision for health and social care. IT experts, clinicians and academics will come together at the first meeting of the Healthtech Advisory Board today to help guide the government on its mission to transform technology in the NHS. The […]
NW London patient portal expands its reach
The Care Information Exchange across North West London now hosts the health records of up to 2.3 million people. Powered by Patients Know Best and funded by £3 million investment from Imperial Health Charity, CIE collects data from hospitals and GP practices in the area, and 15 other hospitals outside […]
